Daming Military Empire

Chapter 173 Rectifying Officials
As mentioned in the previous article, Yang Sichang was a man with mixed reputation and reputation. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, after he was defeated and died as the first and assistant governor, although Emperor Chongzhen did not pursue it, the scholar-bureaucrats generally reviled him, which can be said to be slandered all over the world. It was only after scholars objectively studied the history of the late Ming Dynasty that their positive comments gradually increased.

The reason why Yang Sichang was reviled by the scholar-bureaucrats at the time, and was even framed as an executioner who slaughtered the people, a capitulator who compromised with the outside world, was mainly because he was too responsible and too loyal to Emperor Chongzhen. After breaking up, he wanted to turn the tide, but he had to use heavy codes, those who were greedy for life and fear of death, those who formed cliques, those who corrupted the law, and those who didn't obey orders. The roots are at the root, and there are a few officials who are fine. After cleaning up and cleaning up, they will naturally offend almost all the court officials, so he is tragic.

Of course, that’s all about the Chongzhen Dynasty. In this world, in the Chongzheng Dynasty, it’s hard to say whether Yang Sichang’s character will suffer, but at least he doesn’t have to bear the blame for the executioner who slaughtered the people and the surrender faction who compromised with the outside world. , because now the Peasant Army can't make any waves at all, there is no need for him to kill at all, and Hou Jin has been beaten to the bum, there is no question of whether to talk about peace, and he is just the Minister of the Ministry of Officials , not the chief minister of the cabinet, many 'mistakes' he would never have made.

How serious is he?According to the 'custom' of the Ming Dynasty over the years, if the grand plan of the Jingchao was not for the purpose of forming a party for personal gain and eliminating dissidents, then at most a few insignificant officials would be dismissed, and officials above the fourth rank would basically not move much.Everyone wanted to make a point in front of the emperor, and let it be a fool, why bother to offend people for no reason, but Yang Sichang didn't!

The emperor asked him to investigate carefully. With his character, how could he be perfunctory? His order to the various departments and the supervisory censors is that no matter what officials, good or bad, as long as the news is heard They have to be checked, and all the checks are recorded, as the basis for evaluation.

These officials and supervisory censors are basically Jinshi from the first department of the Chongzheng Dynasty. It can be said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. With the support of the emperor, they are afraid of birds. Therefore, the officials in Beijing were basically investigated. Chaotian, the results of the thorough investigation are so detailed, even Li Banghua, the censor of the Zuodu, is so upright and feels a little creepy after seeing it. Mr. Yang, you are going to offend people to the death!
Of course, the results of the general investigation are not the final results. The Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate just checked and recorded the results, and then handed over the results of the interview and the self-report to the emperor. As for how the emperor will deal with it, it stands to reason that they are It can't be controlled, but the emperor doesn't have that much time to check them one by one, so as long as they are not too outrageous, the emperor will basically deal with them according to the results they submitted.

Of course, Yang Sichang's memorials are not too outrageous. Good is good, and bad is bad. They are all based on facts, without any moisture, and very reliable.But in many cases, it is even more surprising that it is too reliable. When the memorial was handed over to Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cijiong was taken aback. Good guy, this is the core of the Ming court, an official in the capital?It's outrageous!

According to the results of Yang Sichang's general investigation, less than half of the officials in Beijing are truly excellent, less than [-]% are competent, more than [-]% are lazy and slack in governance, and nearly [-]% of the officials have serious problems!
Not so exaggerated?Zhu Cijiong brought the large volume of Zouchen classified as problematic officials to him with some doubts, opened the first copy, and looked at it seriously.

Wen Tiren, courtesy name Changqing, Jinshi in the 26th year of Wanli (1598 A.D.), successively served as Shujishi, editor of Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu Shao Zhanshi, and currently serves as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites.

He is cautious on the outside but fierce on the inside, and his wit is deeply piercing.On the surface, he is honest, diligent, and kind, but in reality he is sinister, cunning, shameless, and disowns all relatives.

According to the investigation, Wen Tiren's crimes are as follows:

First, forming cliques for private interests and excluding dissidents. Min Hongxue, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, Tang Shiji, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and Youqian Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are all partisans. They colluded with the partisans to frame their colleagues and promote the township party, so that the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households are full of mediocrity.** *** abounds.

Second, accepting bribes, buying and selling officials.
Third, marrying a prostitute secretly, disregarding human relations
Fourth, stealing people's property and lawlessness
Just looking at the first Zhu Cijiong, he broke out in cold sweat, one after another, what kind of official is this, he is simply a bandit, a robber, on the surface this Wen Tiren is indeed a modest gentleman, he thinks this is a good official , I didn't expect that there was such a person secretly!

Wait a minute, he seemed to remember that there were two treacherous ministers in the Chongzhen Dynasty in a certain TV series, one surnamed Wen and the other surnamed Zhou. Could the one surnamed Wen be Wen Tiren, and the other one surnamed Zhou?He immediately flipped through the memorial, but he only flipped through it once, and the second one was surnamed Zhou!

Zhou Yanru, courtesy name Yusheng, Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli (AD 1614), No.1 in Yijia.He has successively served as the editor of the Imperial Academy, You Zhongyun, and Zhan Shi, the Shao of Zhan Shifu. He is currently the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.

He turned out to be the number one scholar, but the evaluation of him is that he is a vegetarian, immoral and incompetent, and forms a party for personal gain. What's more, the most terrifying thing is that he forms a party with those degraded Donglin Party members!
He turned to the next one, and it turned out to be a servant.

Chen Yan, courtesy name Fasheng, was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi (1622 A.D.). Known for corruption and bribery!
Zhu Cijiong didn't dare to look any further. These are all the third-rank officials of the court. They could participate in the discussion of politics in the early court. He knew these people very well. He didn't expect that he was so blind that he let these corrupt officials I have been dangling in front of myself for several years and haven't found it yet!

Looking at the big pile of Zou Chen, he really didn't want to believe it was true. It was nearly two hundred copies. There are only so many officials in the capital. If these people really have problems, then he is simply incompetent Faint king!
It's terrible. No wonder Daming has been stagnant for the past few years. Only [-]% of the officials in the capital have problems, and [-]% are lazy and slack in governance. How can it be possible to develop Daming with the remaining [-]%.

The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more angry he became, and he yelled: "Cao Huachun."

Cao Huachun walked in quickly, saluted respectfully, then stood respectfully with his hands down, waiting for his order.

He pointed to the pile of memorials and said, "Go, check it out for me to see if it's true."

Cao Huachun said that he obeyed the order, and then took his leave with the stack of memorials to Chen Gongjing.

Zhu Cijiong was dizzy with anger. In the past few years, he has devoted himself to developing the military industry, earning money, and expanding the army. He finally defeated Houjin. With so many moths and let them continue to moth like this, how could Daming develop?

For several days in a row, Zhu Cijiong was in no mood to do other things, just waiting for Cao Huachun's investigation results.The so-called no wind, no waves, Cao Huachun's investigation results, what was written in the memorial is basically true, and even some more secret things have been found out by him, these people are even more exaggerated than what was written in the memorial!

If they are all true, then there is nothing to say. They will all be dismissed and investigated. As for the replacement, Zhu Cijiong directly puts a stack of memorials in front of him, and looks at them one by one.

Qian Shisheng, courtesy name Yizhi, was a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli (1616 A.D.) and ranked first in the palace examination.He has successively served as the editor of the Imperial Academy, Zhan Shifu Zuo Zhongyun, and is currently a doctor of the Ministry of Rites.Integrity, honesty, respect for teachers, sincerity and filial piety..

What else is there to say about such a person, he is directly promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

Fan Jingwen, courtesy name Mengzhang, Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli (AD 1613), served successively as a Tuiguan in Dongchang Prefecture, head of the Jigong Division of the Ministry of Officials, Wai Lang, a member of Wenxuan, and is currently a seal doctor.
Nothing to say, directly promoted to the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

Wu Sheng, courtesy name Luyou, was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. He successively served as magistrate of Shaowu in Fujian, Jinjiang and Weixian County in Shandong. In the second year of Tianqi, he was promoted to Yushi.He once patrolled Henan and Shaanxi, and served as the governor of Shanxi.The current household doctor, honest and honest, upright..

There is nothing to say, directly promoted to the right servant of the household department
Also, Cheng Guoxiang, courtesy name Zhongruo, was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli (AD 1604).He has successively served as county magistrates of Queshan and Guangshan, Youcheng of Dali Temple, Taichangqing, and Nanjing Tongzheng Envoy. He is currently the left servant of the household department. He is a clean and honest official.Zou Chenzhong also specifically recorded his childhood experience. He had no father since he was a child, and his family was extremely poor.Guan Jue, who was well-educated and Confucian, took pity on his talent and taught him for free. He worked hard day and night, cold and hot, and read a lot of articles for several years.
Such people are naturally to be reused. Didn’t the Hubu Shangshu come to Daozong to resign all the time because of his advanced age? This time he directly agreed to let Cheng Guoxiang take over as the Hubu Shangshu.

In addition, Cai Guoyong, styled Zhengfu, was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli (AD 1610). Known for being cautious, industrious, and honest.He was in charge of supervising the repair of the city wall of the capital, and he guarded the construction site day and night.Once stone materials were needed urgently, but they could not be transported in for a while, and the relevant personnel were helpless. He boldly suggested to use the dental stone prepared by Chongwen and Xuanwumen, and the work was completed in only five days.

Such a person should naturally be reused. Qiao Yunsheng, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, has also reached the age when the old man returns home. Now he is basically a vegetarian in his corpse, so let him resign directly, go home to retire, and let Cai Guoyong take over as Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs.

Zhu Cijiong made drastic adjustments, clearing out all those who formed a party for personal gain, corrupted, bribed, and corrupted the law, and promoted a large number of honest, honest, and diligent officials.

Under his instruction, the "Beijing News" also began to publicize the deeds of outstanding officials. At the same time, it also announced the list of officials who were dismissed and investigated, as well as the crimes they committed.All of a sudden, the officialdom in the capital was cleared up. Some local officials were overjoyed, some were trembling, and some were in a state of panic all day long. The completion of the Beijing inspection is a big plan, and the local officials can't escape either!

(End of this chapter)