Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 802 Yanguan, heh, Yanguan

Hearing the word "dead remonstrance", Xu Jin's complexion changed.

Zhu Xiang provoked Xu Jin: "Why, is Vice President Xu afraid?"

Xu Jin replied impassionedly: "Scholars are all proud of their talents, and there are not many people who admire them. I only admire two people in my life. One is Zhongzhigong and the other is Zhongjiegong! Zhongzhigong Yang Lian left a poem before his death: "Heroic spirit It’s still too empty, but the loyal heart shines through the ages. I have not served the country in my life, and I will keep it as a loyal soul!’ If I die for my ancestors and remonstrate with the emperor, after my death, I will be like Zhong Zhi Gong and Zhong Jie Gong, and my name will last through the ages! What good do I have? What are you afraid of?"

Zhu Xiangdao: "Deputy Xu's Metropolitan Courtyard is really noble! However, your power alone is always small. My father suggests that you lead the Procuratorate's Court and the officials and colleagues from the Sixth Section Corridor to admonish the Emperor to the death!"

Xu Jindao: "One person's deadly remonstrance is a loyal remonstrance to the Lord. A group of people's deadly remonstrance is forcing the palace!"

Zhu Xiang said calmly: "The monarch has no way, so what's the harm in forcing the palace as a courtier? Haven't you heard the sage said: the people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the least? If you succeed, you will be immortal through the ages. If you fail, you It will still be famous through the ages! At that time, next to the god cards of Zhongzhi Gong Yang Lian and Zhongjie Gong Hairui, you will be placed next to the god cards of Xu Fuduyuan. Your spirit in the sky will be admired by scholars forever, and it will be a great achievement for a human being. Your supreme honor!"

When Emperor Yongle visited the West Lake, he once asked Monk Yan how many boats there were on the West Lake.Monk Daoyan replied: There are two, one is named, and the other is called Li.

People in the world either love fame or are greedy for profit.Xu Jin obviously belongs to the kind of person who values ​​fame but despises profit.

Xu Jin thought for a moment: "It will take time to contact the colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section Gallery. After half a month, after half a month, I will definitely give Liu Ye an explanation."

Zhu Xiangdao: "Then I will represent the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, and I thank the Deputy Capital Courtyard!"

Xu Jin clasped his hands and said, "All the scholars in my Ming Dynasty have integrity! All of them have hard bones! Death is like home!"

Zhu Xiang came out of the courtyard of Xu Jin's family, and smiled inwardly: My father is right, as long as he says the four words 'Eternal Beauty' to Xu Jin, he will be able to die happily.

Most of the officials in Ming Dynasty are divided into two types.One is someone like Xu Jin who is only greedy for fame but not profit.Someone like Zhao Min who is greedy for fame and profit.

These two kinds of people have a common feature: they are not good at doing things, but they are experts in making troubles.Many national policies formulated by the cabinet that benefit the country and the people cannot be implemented because of the obstruction of the officials.

Emperor Wanli called the speech officials "noisy crows", which is an appropriate metaphor.

Later historians made a summary of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.One of the important reasons is that "officials mislead the country".

The room for the supervision of ceremonies.

Wang An and Chen Ju were demoted from the capital.The supervisor of ceremonies became Zhang Jing's territory alone.He sat triumphantly on the eunuch's chair, playing with Emperor Wanli's imperial seal.The national seal is the supreme authority.Now, he who has mastered the factory guard can be said to be under one person and above ten thousand people.

Wei Zhongxian ran into the valet in a panic: "Eunuch Zhang, something serious has happened!"

Zhang Jing said: "What? Is the sky falling?"

Wei Zhongxian said hastily: "Even if the sky falls, you, Eunuch Zhang, are the pillars of the country to support it. What this servant wants to talk about is more troublesome than the sky falling."

Zhang Jing raised his head and looked at Wei Zhongxian: "What happened?"

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Last night, Zhu Xiang went to the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xu Jin."

Zhang Jing was overjoyed: "He Liu wants to form an alliance with the officials?! He is looking for death! The emperor usually hates those officials the most!"

Wei Zhongxian said: "Today, Xu Jin is connecting with his colleagues everywhere, preparing to unite and admonish the emperor to make the eldest son the emperor's heir."

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Death remonstrance? Heh, let them all come and die! Scholars rebelled, and they will fail in ten years! The steel swords of our Dongchang and Jinyiwei are waiting for them!"

Wei Zhongxian said worriedly: "Eunuch Zhang, we can't kill all the troublemakers. That would make the emperor notorious in the annals of history!" own fame?"

Zhang Jing said: "This is the truth. Killing them all is impossible."

Wei Zhongxian said again: "The slaves are dull, but they like to read some history books on weekdays. The cronies in the courts of the past dynasties all have their leaders. For example, the leader of the strict party in the Jiajing Dynasty was Yan Song. The leader of the Gao Party in the Longqing Dynasty was Gao Gong To deal with such cronies, you can use the method of hitting a snake and hitting seven inches to capture the thief King Xianqin. The officials are a party, but they are different from the cronies of the past dynasties."

It is said that the ass decides the head.Although Zhang Jing is an idiot in his bones, he has worked as a ceremonial supervisor for 14 years, and he has gained some insight through experience.He continued: "Yes, the biggest feature of the Yanguan Group is that there is no leader. Because since ancient times, literati have treated each other lightly, and among the Yanguan, no one obeys the other. Without a leader, everyone thinks that they are the leader! The method of capturing the thief King Xianqin is not feasible for Yanguan."

Wei Zhongxian said: "Eunuch Zhang is a sage! There are only two ways to deal with the officials. One is fast and the other is slow."

Zhang Jing took a sip of tea: "Oh? Tell me about the slow method first."

Wei Zhongxian talked eloquently: "The slow way is to abolish the official system just like Lord Hongwu abolished the prime minister system back then."

Zhang Jing shook his head: "This method is not feasible. The official system was established by Lord Hong Wu when he founded the country, and it has lasted for nearly 200 years. It is not easy to abolish a system that has lasted for more than 200 years? I boast that I have no such skills. Don't say it It's me, even when a strongman like Zhang Juzheng is in power, he can only suppress the officials, but he dare not abolish the system of officials lightly. Tell me a quick way."

Wei Zhongxian said again: "It's a quick way. He Liu used it before. When Lord Longqing passed away and the emperor ascended the throne, Zhang Gao's faction was in full swing. Most of the officials were attached to the Gao party. In order to help Zhang Juzheng bring down Gao Gong, He Liu, Use Jin Yiwei to search for illegal things about officials. Don't they have the same name? Then ruin their reputation and make them ashamed to jump up and down in the court!"

Zhang Jing asked: "But those officials usually claim to be clean, and they are very cautious in doing things..."

Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Even if the officials themselves are clean, their relatives and friends will always have one or two bubbles of shit under their buttocks! Taking a step back, the officials and their relatives and friends are all unstained from the mud. , the white lotus that is clean and not demonic. Heh, what are Jinyiwei and Dongchang doing? The job of the factory guards is planting! Let's put a cesspit under their buttocks!"

After Zhang Jing heard it, he praised him greatly: "Zhongxian, you are really a national scholar! Letting you be a little Jinyiwei supervisor eunuch is really humiliating! You should be a ceremonial supervisor!"

Wei Zhongxian said: "Eunuch Zhang, I will go back to Jinyiwei immediately, and let my subordinates thoroughly investigate the illegal affairs of the officials and their family members overnight. When they carry the coffin to die and remonstrate with the emperor, we will reveal all these illegal affairs and let them They are disgraced!"

(End of this chapter)