Gui Cao is an absolute radical.

He carried out reforms, advocated the opening of the sea, and dreamed of recovering the country.

The next day, Wang Yuan went to the Ministry of Officials to check Gui Cao's performance evaluation, and almost laughed out loud on the spot.

Gui Cao served as the county magistrate in Dantu for three years, reported the flood disaster tax reduction and exemption in one year, and the taxes in the remaining two years increased, and the household registration increased significantly. With such data, the assessment level is actually "incompetent" (third class).

The prefect of Zhenjiang's evaluation of Gui Cao is "fierce, impetuous, and imprudent", which belongs to the local examination.

The evaluation of Gui Cao by the supervision of the imperial history is "cool, and the people's grievances are boiling", which belongs to random inspections.

The Ministry of Officials Examination is based on the above two assessments, and the final review of Gui Cao.

How can a real corrupt official offend the prefect and the imperial history at the same time?

The assessment of officials in the Ming Dynasty is mainly divided into three contents:

First, whether or not to implement the "Duties of the Officials" and the "Instructions for Appointment", the former is the administrative code of the Beijing officials, and the latter is the administrative code of the local officials.

Second, whether the "six things of this class" have been completed, namely: school, field, household registration, enslavement, lawsuit, and thief.

Third, whether they have committed the "eight inspection examples", namely: greed, coolness, impetuousness, failure to take up the post (not showing up for duty), old age, illness, resignation (incompetence), and imprudentness.

It can be seen that as a magistrate, running a school is the first, farming is the second, and the tax can only rank fourth.

It doesn't mean that if your GDP is good, your performance appraisal will necessarily be good, and there are many places to blame.

The prefect of Zhenjiang and the superintendent of the imperial history can't pick the bones from Gui Cao's own work, and they don't even dare to say that Gui Cao is corrupt, so they can only evaluate him: he is harsh as an official, impetuous, and careless.

Combined with the overall situation, Wang Yuan could figure it out with his knees, and Gui Cao would definitely check the acres and household registration in Dantu County. All of a sudden, the county's household registration increased greatly, but unfortunately it offended the gentry, and thus offended the boss and the imperial history.

This person has it!

Wang Yuan wrote down Gui Cao's name in a small notebook.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Yuan went to check on the chief official of Zhejiang, but he didn't see any acquaintances.

At this time, the political envoy of Zhejiang Zuobu was called Wang Shao, who had been in Hongzhi for six years and was a third-class jinshi. When patrolling Guizhou, he quelled the barbarian rebellion and has been on the rise ever since.

This old man has just been appointed for more than two months, and he has been transferred from Shaanxi. According to the current speed of travel, it is estimated that the handover has not been completed, and it will not be intertwined with the local gentry, which is a great thing for Wang Yuan.

The right political envoy is called Ren Jian, Chenghua for twenty-three years, and a third-class jinshi. is old enough, and the term of office is almost over, and when Wang Yuan arrives in Zhejiang, this person may have been transferred.

Therefore, Zhejiang's left and right political envoys are all newcomers like Wang Yuan, and it depends on who develops faster in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is a very nonsense place, not only the Zhejiang Sansi Governance Office is here, but there are also two counties in a city. The city of Hangzhou was split in half, half under the jurisdiction of Qiantang County and half under the jurisdiction of Renhe County.

Wang Yuan really wanted to get Gui Cao and Shen Fuxuan over and manage a county by himself.

However, Master Shen is from Zhejiang, and he can't be an official in Zhejiang. Wang Yuan can't let Shen Fuxuan resign and go to Zhejiang together as his staff, Shen Fuxuan can't bear the precious official hat.

……

"What is Wang Ruoxu doing in the treasury of the Ministry of Officials?" Lu Wan said in surprise.

The head of the treasury said: "It seems that I am looking for the archives of Zhejiang officials." ”

Lu Wan reproached: "The treasury of the Ministry of Officials, how can people enter when they say they can enter?" How did you do this! ”

The head of the treasury hurriedly said: "Mao Shilang brought it in, saying that it was for His Majesty." ”

The left attendant of the Ministry is called Mao Cheng, the team of Zhengde East Palace, like Lu Wan, belongs to Yang Tinghe's henchmen.

Mao Cheng was once in charge of the Hanlin Academy, and as long as he got the errand of being in charge of the house, he was eligible to enter the cabinet as a scholar. But in order to divide Yang Yiqing's power, Yang Tinghe made Mao Cheng to the Ministry of Officials as a left waiter, and the goal was to directly target the Ministry of Officials.

As a result, Yang Tinghe suddenly went home.

Lu Wan bought Jiang Bin to say good things and was appointed by the emperor as the secretary of the ministry. Mao Cheng was stupid directly, he lost his errand in the Hanlin Academy, and the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu also flown away, and he ended up empty, and now his relationship with Lu Wan has dropped to the freezing point.

"With the permission of Mao Shilang, then there is no problem, you can go down." Lu Wan said helplessly.

As soon as Mao Cheng was mentioned, Lu Wan felt a headache, and he was so aggrieved that he was a minister.

Officials at all levels of the Ministry of Officials, some of them are Yang Yiqing's people, and some of them are Mao Cheng's people (Yang Ting and his henchmen). Lu Wan, as the secretary of the ministry, couldn't even command the officials of the ministry, and it would take at least a year and a half to promote his cronies.

Wang Yuan had a general understanding of Zhejiang officialdom and left the treasury of the ministry slowly.

As soon as he went out, he saw Chang Lun coming, and Wang Yuan arched his hand and said, "Brother Mingqing, come to the Ministry to do something?" ”

Chang Lun smiled bitterly: "I was released." ”

Wang Yuan was surprised and asked, "What position?" ”

Chang Lun sighed and said, "Judge Shouzhou." ”

Where is this release, it is clear that he will be demoted to death, and he will be a dignified seven-rank Beijing official, and he will directly become a seven-rank magistrate.

Wang Yuan asked, "Who have you offended?" ”

Chang Lun said: "I have offended too many powerful people, I don't know who did it. ”

You are awesome, Wang Yuan is completely speechless.

Chang Lun's business ability is very strong, but unfortunately he can't rub sand in his eyes, so he serves as a judge of Dali Temple, responsible for reviewing various cases. Whenever he encountered an unjust case and was obstructed, he would write poems to express his dissatisfaction. Chang Lun's poems are also very good, and some satirical lyrics and songs of the powerful have actually spread all over the major Qinglou in the capital.

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said, "Don't go to the ministry, go back and wait for a few days, and then go to Zhejiang with me." ”

"Zhejiang? and they cannot fight. Chang Lun was very disappointed.

This thing is obviously a judge, but he thinks about war all day long.

Wang Yuan smiled: "Who said that Zhejiang can't fight?" As long as you dare to take a boat, there will definitely be a fight! ”

"Really? Then I'll go with you. Chang Lun suddenly became happy, completely forgetting the troubles of being demoted.

Wang Yuan went straight to the leopard room, found the emperor to ask for officials, and suspended Chang Lun's release.

"You want the chief officials of Qiantang and Renhe counties?" Zhu Houzhao said, "I'll ask people to ask." ”

Wang Yuan has his own consciousness and recuperation as a minister, so he is too lazy to go to the place to fight with the prefect, at least at the prefect level is enough for him to make a move. It can be known that the county yang is disobedient and hateful, so simply replace it all with his own people, anyway, the emperor's words are a thing.

The magistrate of Qiantang is called Cheng Tianxiu, who took office two years ago; Renhe's county name is Zhang Jie, who took office a year ago.

Now, the two of them are all moving to Wang Yuan.

Facts have proved that Wang Yuan is right, especially Chengtianxiu, the magistrate of Qiantang County, really belongs to Tianxiu. Historically, this guy has been the chief official in Qiantang for nine years, and every time he is deeply loved by the people, the people ask for his life to keep him, and Pozhi County has not left office until the Jiajing period.

What do you mean?

Cheng Tianxiu was born in a person, and he felt that his career was bleak, so he simply colluded with Haoqiang in Qiantang County, but he enjoyed corruption. The local gentry were reluctant to let him go, and kept him again and again, and he stayed for a full nine years.

If this thing encounters Wang Yuan, it is estimated that it will be cut directly with a knife.

There is an emperor who speaks, and it doesn't have to be so bloody.

Chang Lun served as the magistrate of Qiantang, Gui Cao served as the magistrate of Renhe, and the capital of Hangzhou was controlled by Wang Yuan.