Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 495 Xuan Yiwei

Speaking of Jinyiwei, we must mention Zhu Yuanzhang, the most politically wise commoner emperor in Chinese history. Yes, Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely not the most prosperous emperor in Chinese history, but he is definitely the most politically wise emperor. In this regard, even Qin Shihuang, the first emperor through the ages, is a few blocks behind Zhu Yuanzhang.

Xiang Zhuang is one of Zhu Yuanzhang's die-hard fans. Zhu Yuanzhang's political wisdom can be summed up in two words - check and balance.

First, the Zhongshu Province and the prime minister system were abolished, and then a cabinet system was established. From then on, the prime minister who monopolizes power has become a palace scholar, who is actually the emperor's secretary. If the secretary does not have the emperor's support, they will do nothing. Even a eunuch can ride on their heads and shit, which greatly consolidates the imperial power.

Then reform the Metropolitan Procuratorate so that it is directly responsible to the emperor, and adopt the method of checks and balances from the small to the large, giving the censors the right to say anything, to raise any opinions, to any high-ranking officials and even princes and relatives The power to report turned more than 100 censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate into the eyes and ears of the emperor, which greatly curbed corruption.

Finally, there is Jinyiwei, which uses imperial edicts to deal with some things that cannot be done through normal judicial channels. For example, the prime minister Hu Weiyong's rebellion case is simply a fiction. The truth is that the Huaixi landlord group headed by Hu Weiyong relied on the dragon Zhu Yuanzhang did it out of consideration for consolidating the imperial power.

However, this kind of thing was originally a nonsense, and if it is investigated through normal judicial channels, there will definitely be no results. Therefore, there is Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei is given the right to set up prisons.

Xiang Zhuang highly respects the cabinet system and the system of censors and officials, but it is obviously not the time. At this stage, Xiang Zhuang still needs Yin Xiangta and Taiwei Xiang Tuo to help him deal with military and political affairs, otherwise nothing will happen. He has to do it himself, Xiang Zhuang must be exhausted, he is not a workaholic like Zhu Yuanzhang who reviews memorials for [-] hours a day.

As for the censor's official system, which is based on a small system, it is even more inadvisable now. If this system is really implemented, the entire court of the Chu Kingdom will be in chaos in an instant, from Ling Yin and Taiwei to county magistrates and pavilion chiefs. , I'm afraid that if you don't say anything, if you don't dare to do anything, the generals who lead the army abroad will also hang their seals and return to Beijing.

However, it is possible to imitate Jinyiwei and give Wumuya the power to set up prisons.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang ordered Qu Bucai to say: "Old Qu, I will leave it to you to investigate the enfeoffment. You should know how to do it, right?"

"Your Majesty, I know what to do." Qu Bucai's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said again, "However, it is the responsibility of the Tingwei Mansion to investigate and deal with officials. If Wumuya handles it, it seems that it is not in line with the system?"

"What is control? The order of the widow is the order!" Xiang Zhuang waved his big hand, and said in a deep voice, "The widow will now give Wumuya the power to investigate and deal with officials, from the Duke of the state to the Li Shu, and Wumuya can investigate! "

"Here!" Qu Bucai responded abruptly, then turned around in a hurry.

Qu Bucai couldn't help but be excited, because he knew that the era belonging to Wumuya had already begun. At this moment, Qu Bucai had clearly seen that the court officials were trembling under the shadow of Wumuya...

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In the middle of the night, Uncle Neishi Sun Ping was suddenly awakened by a loud noise. When he got up in a hurry, he saw the old housekeeper rushing in, panting and reporting: "The owner is not well, a large group of armored soldiers just broke in suddenly , the housekeepers and servants tried to stop them, but they were all cut down."

"What?" Uncle Sun Ping said in astonishment, "Who dares to be so rampant?"

Before the words were finished, the door of the room was kicked down from the outside, and then a large group of armored soldiers in black swarmed in with torches in their hands. His flat eyes were dazzled, and when he managed to see the situation in the room clearly, he saw several cold horizontal knives on his neck.

"What do you want to do?" Uncle Sun Ping forced himself to calm down, and asked sharply, "What exactly do you want to do? Don't you know that using weapons in the capital is a conspiracy? Also, do you know who I am? Tell me You, this official is the chief of internal history, but all the affairs of the capital are under the jurisdiction of this official..."

"Uncle Sun Ping, I know you are an internal historian." As soon as the words fell, a small school in black clothes had already walked in.

Shu Sunping looked intently, but his face was tense, and he sneered and asked, "Who are you?"

"Who is Lao Tzu, you will know when you get to the ground." Xiaoxiao Xuanyi smiled sullenly, then waved at the left and right armored soldiers, and said fiercely, "Take him away!"

"Let's go!" Two armored soldiers in black clothes twisted Uncle Sun Ping's arm, pushed him up and left.

As soon as he left the room, Uncle Sun Ping was surprised to find that his old father, who was already out of work, had also been taken out. Although Uncle Sun Guan was quite old, those armored soldiers in black clothes were like wolves and tigers. Without any scruples about the old man, Shu Sun Guan just walked a little slower, and received a severe whip on the back, which made his teeth bared in pain.

Seeing that the old father was also arrested, Uncle Sun Ping's face turned pale. He knew that this must be a secret connection between the officials of Gyeonggi and Wujun to prevent the relocation of the capital from happening!
Uncle Sun Guan straightened his old hunchback and said loudly: "Don't panic, my son, the sky won't fall!"

Looking at Uncle Sun Guan who gritted his teeth stiffly, Xiaoxiao Xuanyi's mouth suddenly broke into a sinister smile. It can't be seen that the old man's mouth is still quite stiff, but when we get to the ground, I want to see if you still have such a mouth. so tough?

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That night, besides Uncle Sun Guan, Uncle Sun Ping and his son, 36 other officials were arrested at the same time!
When the news spread, all the officials in Beijing were in an uproar, asking why the Tingwei Mansion ignored the law and arrested people without reason?However, Tingwei Xiangqi was confused, and he summoned the officials in the office to ask. The Tingwei Mansion did not arrest anyone last night, and the officials who were held accountable were stunned for a while. Except for the Tingwei Office, Beijing seems to be Is there no other government office in charge of criminal names?

A group of civil and military ministers who knew a little bit about the inside story went straight to the palace and had an urgent audience with Xiang Zhuang.

"Your Majesty, Wumuya dispatched armored troops without authorization last night and arrested more than thirty officials in one go, even the old uncle and grandpa Fu who is at home!" Xiang he filled his righteous indignation and said furiously, " To act in such a perverse way is simply tantamount to conspiracy, please send it to the court for strict interrogation."

Xiang Tuo also echoed again and again: "That's right, Wumuya is too messy."

Xiang Zhuang didn't say anything, but just glanced at Bai Lixian with his eyes lightly.

Bai Lixian understood, he knelt down from the table and got up, and said to Xiang Ta and Xiang Tuo: "Ling Yin and the Taiwei don't know, there is a reason why Wumu Yayin arrested people at night."

Bai Lixian could easily guess Xiang Zhuang's intentions. Xiang Zhuang was unwilling to divide the enfeoffment, and it was impossible to compromise with the officials of Gyeonggi and Wujun and give up moving the capital. Then it was inevitable to punish the officials of the two places. The local officials did not make any mistakes, so it is obviously not possible to hand it over to the Tingwei Office, so it is logical to hand it over to Wumuya.

"There's a reason for this?" Xiang Ta looked at Xiang Zhuang, half-believing, and said, "What's the reason?"

Bai Lixian's thoughts changed sharply, and he blurted out: "Because they secretly communicate with the enemy country and intend to treason!"

Xiang Zhuang applauded secretly, Bai Lixian deserved the reputation of being quick-witted, this excuse is really good.

"What, treason?" Xiang Ta was stunned when he heard the words, and then he said again, "Even so, this matter should be reviewed by the Tingwei Office, Wumuya has no right to punish people, so what right does he have to take anyone casually? "

"The matter of treason is very involved, and the Ting Wei Department can't handle it." Xiang Zhuang said indifferently, "Zi Yi, Zi Yan, and Zi Liang, you are all here today, and the widow will announce an order to you, starting from the uncle-sun case , Wumuya will be reorganized into the Xuanyi Guard, in addition to spying on the enemy's news, it will also be responsible for thorough investigation of major and important cases that the Tingwei Office cannot handle."

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo were dumbfounded. No matter how stupid they were, they could guess Xiang Zhuang's intentions at this time. The king's move was clearly to bypass the court officer's office and use the newly established Xuanyi school captain to eradicate his desire Get rid of the court officials who can't find any good excuses for a while, such as more than [-] officials such as Shu Sunguan, Sun Shuping and his son.

Moreover, Your Majesty also said just now that this is an announcement of a decision rather than asking for their opinions. In other words, the reason why Wumuya wanted to arrest people was because His Majesty wanted to eradicate this uncle, grandson, father and son and other officials. Because of the proposal of enfeoffment?As for the theory of secretly cooperating with the enemy country and intending to treason, it is just an excuse.

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo smiled wryly at each other. They knew that after the three guards of Huben, Sirius, and Xiaoqi, there would be another Xuanyi Guard in the Forbidden Palace of Great Chu, and the extra Xuanyi Guard would become a guard hanging in the court. The sharp sword on the official's head could be cut off at any time, unlike the other three guards, who are only responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family.

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Almost at the same time, Qu Bucai was interrogating his uncle Sun Guan in the newly established prison.

Uncle Sun Guan asked Qu Bucai calmly, "Qu Bucai, what's wrong with this old man?"

Qu Bucai shook his head, and replied calmly: "The old master is actually innocent."

Uncle Sun Guan was a little surprised, Qu Bucai admitted that he was not guilty, which was a bit unexpected. He paused the crutches in his hand, and asked sharply: "Since I am innocent, why do you restrain me? Wumuya is so perverse. , aren’t you afraid of arousing public outrage? I, Da Chu, don’t we have national laws?”

Qu Bucai asked indifferently: "Dare to ask the old lady, what is the law of the country?"

Uncle Sun Guan replied: "The so-called national law naturally refers to the national law."

Qu Bucai shook his hand, and said indifferently: "Old Madam, the order of the king is the rule, and the order of the king is the imperial edict. The so-called national laws are not all established by the king? So I want to say that Chu has national laws, but there are still laws above the national laws. There are laws of the king!"

(End of this chapter)