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A young man slapped the table in the middle of the matter and shouted: "How can the rules of the court be changed, as soon as Wang Ruoxu is a scholar, he will regard the Ming ancestral system as a child's play." The matter of changing the court meeting must not be passed! ”

"Not only should it be stopped, but Wang Ruoxu should also be impeached!" The other also yelled in the middle of the matter.

Zhu Mingyang feels that these subordinates are mentally retarded, and if you want to invite fame and buy straight, you have to choose the right target, what kind of reputation can you get by impeaching Wang Yuan? What's more, reducing the number of early pilgrimages per month is something that all civil and military officials are happy to do, and Like jumped out to oppose it purely as a big move to ridicule the masses.

"Ahem!" Zhu Mingyang coughed.

Wu Lian asked, "What is Zhu Zhangke's opinion?" ”

Zhu Mingyang said: "I think it should be released." ”

"Nonsense!"

Wu Lian pointed at Zhu Mingyang's nose: "You and Wang Ruoxu are the same year as Jinshi, do you want to take the opportunity to take refuge in him?" You are in charge of the department of etiquette in vain, and you regard the system of etiquette as nothing, and I will impeach you as well! ”

The third-in-command of the unit, pointing at the nose of the leader of the unit, scolded in front of many colleagues - this is the six sections!

They have no psychological burden when they scold, because the relationship between the first and third leaders is neither a relationship between upper and lower levels, nor a relationship between subordinates. They are all independent speech officials, and they can report things individually, and they don't need to look at anyone's face.

Moreover, before Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the six branches were not subject to the cabinet constraints, and they were directly responsible to the emperor.

It is possible that the emperor passed the cabinet's vote, but it was beaten back by the six branches because it violated the rules and regulations. The work content of the six departments may also be held accountable by the six departments, because they represent the emperor.

The inscriptions of each department were copied into a book by the six sections, and sent to the cabinet every five days; The incidents handled by various departments are also supervised by the six sections, and they are accepted and cancelled once every five days.

They did not belong to the Imperial Procuratorate, nor to the Six Ministries, much less to the Cabinet - in essence, the Six Departments were the emperor's secretarial body, and the cabinet was the emperor's advisory body.

If anyone crosses into the late Ming Emperor, the first step should be to strip the six branches from the cabinet? Control the cabinet and six ministries through the six sections. And if the eunuch is also disobedient? Then reuse the General Administration, because the six departments can take the path of the General Administration? Report directly to the Emperor, big and small.

"I'm too lazy to mess around with you." Zhu Mingyang said angrily.

Wu Lian sneered: "I must have said that I had the right mind?" You are a man who wants to cling to the powerful! ”

"Go and impeach." Zhu Mingyang's expression was calm.

After all, the number one is the number one and has the final right to deal with it. And the third-in-command is not pleasing to the eye? It can only be impeached in the upper chapter, and it is impossible to send back the document of Wang Yuan's change to the early dynasty.

Wu Lianzhen is not mistaken? Zhu Mingyang did intend to take refuge in Wang Yuan.

Zhu Mingyang is Yang Tinghe's promoted official? Strictly speaking, he belongs to the Yang Party, and has repeatedly impeached Wang Yuan.

But so what?

Zhu Mingyang was the same year as Wang Yuan, and when he was a Jishi, the dormitory was only separated from Wang Yuan by a wall. Is he in the middle of the matter as a rite? Now take refuge in the past? Wang Yuan definitely accepted it.

And there is no need to be too obvious, just talk about things and act strictly, who can say that he betrayed his benefactor Yang Tinghe?

Whether he is a scholar or not, Wang Yuan's authority has not changed much.

But after doing Shangshu? It's different in an instant, and Like has taken the initiative to take refuge in the matter!

Do you have a good chance to cooperate in the matter? The reform bill of the court meeting was successfully passed, and the situation after the reform is as follows......

Great Dynasty: New Year's Day, Winter Solstice, Emperor's Birthday? It is a ceremonial pilgrimage.

Shuowang Dynasty: Held on the first and fifteenth days of each month, it is also a ceremonial pilgrimage.

Early Dynasty: Held every Wednesday, Saturday and September every month? Quartet is allowed.

Afternoon: Held daily? Only the General Administration, the Six Sections, the Guard Officer, and those with major military intelligence can do things? It mainly discusses military affairs.

The civil and military officials were so excited that they quietly cried, they only need to stay up late for nine days a month, and they can sleep soundly the rest of the time. Of course, while being happy, he also had to say a few words, complaining that Wang Shangshu should not change the ancestral system so hastily.

The new official took office with three fires, and Wang Yuan's first fire burned quite popularly.

The second fire, advocating frugality, starts from the aspect of food.

The matter of eating is under the management of the Ministry of Rites, and it involves Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple and Honglu Temple, and there are dead people's meals, activity meals, and hospitality meals. Except for the dead man's meal, which cannot be easily changed, the other food standards have been streamlined by Wang Yuan, although it is very unpleasant, but there is no way to oppose it, who dares to advocate luxury?

The third fire, fight corruption!

Taking advantage of this personnel adjustment of the Ministry of Rites, Tian Qiu, a fellow villager and friend of the Ministry of Rites, was brought by Wang Yuan to be the chief chef of the Ministry of Rites.

"Thoroughly inspect the kitchen service and accounts of the three temples." Wang Yuan admonished.

Tian Qiu asked, "Check it out?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "It can be stabbed into the sky, and it can be inserted into the ground." ”

Tian Qiu said with a smile: "I'm afraid that there are a lot of people who have lost their officials." ”

Whether you can reap the benefits or not, you can use "oil and water" as a metaphor, and the three temples of Taichang, Guanglu, and Honglu really have oil and water, and they care about the food of the dead and the living!

How far to make money?

When Guangroji Temple and Honglu Temple received the envoys of the feudal states, not only did each dish contain less food, but also had more bones than meat. He also mixed water into the wine, and the rice was all cold, so that "when the people came to the banquet, there was nothing to eat, and they did not lift the spoons at all."

There was a Korean envoy who recorded his participation in the reception banquet in Daming, which was roughly like this: Before the foreign guests from various countries were seated, a bunch of miscellaneous officials and officials from Guanglu Temple came, and each person walked by the table and fished out a copy, and when the foreign guests were served, it was empty.

All of the above are the corrupt methods of low-level officials, and the more high-level temples and temples are planned from the purchase money and food supplies.

What is even more terrifying is that there is kitchen service, and the common people need to serve for government banquets, and they also need to pay and sell meat, eggs, vegetables and other things. What should I do if the officials are greedy for ink and the officials steal from them? All of them were pushed to the head of the account, saying that the other party did not send things at all, forcing many people to go bankrupt.

There are also those who serve as cooks, who are oppressed by eunuchs and officials in various ways, and even extorted, and every year there are cooks who flee. The eunuchs and officials, as well as the common people who served in the kitchen, gave them free private work, which was the same operation as the military officers and sergeants.

Since Wang Yuan is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites is also in charge of the meals of the three temples, of course, he must start from the place where the people's anger is the greatest and the difficulty of rectification is the least!

The imperial court compiled a green book for the kitchen servants, similar to the yellow book of enslavement, in duplicate, which were placed in Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites.

Tian Qiu opened the green book and counted that there were more than 8,000 cooks in Beijing, second only to the peak of more than 9,000 people in the Xuande period. This is abnormal, Emperor Hongzhi ordered to reduce the kitchen service year by year, and when Zhu Houzhao succeeded to the throne, there were only more than 6,000 left, why did it rise by nearly 2,000?

Tian Qiu borrowed twenty students from the School of Physics, hired by the Ministry of Rites, and asked them to secretly visit and investigate according to the Qing Book.

It only took a few days to find a tiger.

Liang En, the eunuch of Guanglu Temple, the commander of Shangshan, persecuted thousands of kitchen servants for a long time, building his own yards, farming and serving as domestic servants.

Tian Qiu came back and found Wang Yuan: "Wang Shangshu, it is a matter of Shangshan Supervisor, and the Ministry of Rites cannot deal with it." ”

Wang Yuan said: "Tell the details to Like, and they will help." ”

Li Kedu gave Zhu Mingyang in the matter, and immediately dispatched with a group of trolls, scaring the eunuch Liang En so much that he didn't dare to leave the palace.

Liang En found Zhang Yong, knelt down and kowtowed, and said with a crying voice: "Please be the master of the Duke!" ”

Zhang Yong closed his eyes and said: "It was Like who impeached you, but it was the Ministry of Rites who provoked this matter." Wang Erlang's new official wanted to set fire to you, but it happened to burn on your head, and you can only feel sorry for yourself. Our family can't help you, otherwise we won't give Wang Erlang face. In this way, you take the initiative to send those cooks home, and no one gives out some trays as compensation. Then spit out some of the silver you have eaten since you were the governor of Guanglu Temple, and then you can go back to your hometown to retire after you are sick and resign. ”

Liang En's mouth opened wide, and he said reluctantly: "I have spit out the money, and I have to return to my hometown?" ”

Zhang Yong suddenly opened his eyes: "What kind of character Wang Erlang is, don't you know?" He is looking forward to your stubborn resistance to the end, just in time to make an example of the chickens and monkeys! ”

Liang En left in despair, planning to spend most of his family to save his life.

And the officials of Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, and Honglu Temple are also sitting on pins and needles at this time, for fear that they will become the next target. From the temple to the bottom, there is one counted, and all of them are definitely corrupt people. The more senior Siqing and Sicheng may be innocent, because they usually do not handle specific affairs.

is a Beijing official above the seventh grade, Wang Yuan plans to find out at least ten to Liwei, and a bunch of people below the seventh grade will be thoroughly investigated. At that time, Taichang Siqing, Guanglu Siqing, and Honglu Siqing all had to resign because of this, and it only depended on whether the emperor agreed to their resignation.