Chapter 340: Otomi Jingcha
Jingcha is the inspection of Beijing officials, a six-year inspection, carried out in the year of Si and Hai, after the inspection of officials above the fourth grade, or promoted or deposed, by the emperor himself, the retirement, demotion, dismissal and dismissal below the fifth grade are different, in order to distinguish from the external plan of the inspection of foreign officials, also known as the internal plan. Jingcha began in the Hongwu period, and gradually became an important means for the imperial court to inspect the Beijing officials during the Chenghua period, and began to form a system of inspecting the Beijing officials at a fixed time, but in the Wanli period, with the intensification of the open and secret struggle within the imperial court, the Jingcha system also began to change its taste, and became a tool for the friends to eliminate dissidents and attack political enemies.
The reason why Otomi Jingcha is so famous in history is because this year of Jingcha completely opened the Ming Dynasty's "party. The prelude to the "struggle" made the open and secret struggle in the court enter a white heat, and the politics of the imperial court. The complete collapse of the governance ecology can be said to be a landmark historical event in the fall of the Ming Dynasty. Yisi Jingcha finally let the Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party both lose, the first assistant Shen has always been dismissed and the second assistant Shen Li were dismissed at the same time, so that there was no one in charge of the cabinet, which has never been done before, even the cabinet is like this, not to mention other officials, in this Beijing inspection, the Zhejiang Party and Donglin Party officials who were dismissed and degraded as many as dozens of people, and other officials who were not implicated were also in danger, and the whole court was in a loud voice, and dark clouds covered the sky.
Originally, the "Yisi Jingcha" of historical time and space was still limited to the capital, and I don't know if it was because of the influence of Guo Zhiyuan's "little butterfly", this time the Jingcha was expanded and swept to the locality, and even Guo Zhiyuan's cheap father Guo Zhengyu was also implicated, and the "Demon Book Case" was taken out and the old things were re-mentioned, Qian Menggao once again impeached Guo Zhengyu for being suspected of manipulating the "Demon Book Case", Guo Zhengyu lost his official position, retired from the position of governor of Gansu, and returned to his hometown Jiangxia to retreat.
Fujian Governor Xu Xueju as an important cadre of the Donglin Party was also impeached and lost office, from this point of view it is a good thing for Guo Zhiyuan, Xu Xueju is cunning and cunning, and regards Guo Zhiyuan as a thorn in the flesh, naturally it is impossible to sit back and watch Guo Zhiyuan concentrate on developing his own power in Dongfan, but unfortunately he was involved in this party before he could attack Guo Zhiyuan. In the midst of the struggle, this kind of struggle between the two parties, Xu Xueju can hardly protect himself no matter how cunning he is, so he naturally can't care about finding trouble with Guo Zhiyuan, so it gives Guo Zhiyuan a chance to breathe, and he can use this opportunity to develop his own power calmly.
Guo Zhiyuan was also impeached, and there are many people who impeached him, including members of the Zhejiang Party and members of the Donglin Party, and it is ridiculous that there are still members of the Zhejiang Party who say that Guo Zhiyuan is the Donglin Party, fortunately, Emperor Wanli has not yet arrived home in a daze, and he also pointed to Guo Zhiyuan to help him earn money, so the excerpts of impeaching Guo Zhiyuan were all left in the middle, and Guo Zhiyuan escaped a catastrophe.
From this point of view alone, this "Yisi Jingcha" is still more beneficial than bad for Guo Zhiyuan, for example, this group of Beijing officials sent by the imperial court to mix sand should have arrived a long time ago, but because this "Yisi Jingcha" caused the imperial court's government affairs to almost stagnate, it has been delayed until now, otherwise if Guo Zhiyuan first arrived in Dongfan and the stall has not been spread, these Beijing officials sent by the imperial court to mix sand will come to add to the chaos, and the situation will only be more troublesome than now.
After reading the information report from the capital, Guo Zhiyuan couldn't help but gasp, he didn't expect that this time "Yisi Jingcha" would make such a big fuss, almost to an uncontrollable situation, he did not rejoice that he had escaped a catastrophe, but felt the pressure, this time "Yisi Jingcha" accelerated the decline of the Ming Dynasty, leaving him with little time.
Especially Shen Li's resignation from Shen Li's and cheap daddy Guo Zhengyu made him depressed in his chest, Shen Carp is Guo Zhiyuan's most respected elder in this era, his heroic righteousness made Guo Zhiyuan's heart broken, and even such a respectable elder was forced to go to work, it can be seen that today's imperial court is no longer righteous, to what extent is it rotten, and the resignation of cheap daddy Guo Zhengyu makes Guo Zhiyuan even more worried, Guo Zhengyu is a hard bone that would rather bend, in the original historical time and space, Guo Zhengyu died depressed not long after leaving office, How does this make Guo Zhiyuan not worry?
At this time, Xu Guangqi walked in, and when he saw Guo Zhiyuan's frowning appearance, he asked, "Your Excellency, are you worried about how to settle those officials sent by the imperial court?" ……”
Guo Zhiyuan shook his head, sighed and handed over the line newspaper in his hand, Xu Guangqi was also shocked when he took it, and said angrily: "Jingcha has completely become a tool for eliminating dissidents and power struggles, even upright ministers like Shen Ge Lao and Ling Zun have been dismissed, and the righteousness of the court does not exist, and if it continues like this, the country will not be a country and will destroy itself!" ……”
Although Xu Guangqi is a rare pioneer of ideological progress communication between Chinese and Western culture in this era, he is still a traditional intellectual in essence, and the idea of loyalty to the monarch can be said to be deep-rooted. Of course, this is also influenced by Guo Zhiyuan, a time-traveler, which made Xu Guangqi deviate from the life trajectory of the original historical time and space, and he is no longer the Xu Guangqi who was deeply rooted in the original historical time and space.
Seeing Xu Guangqi's indignant look, Guo Zhiyuan moved in his heart, he knew the direction of history, knew that the Ming Dynasty would not last long, and did not intend to be a loyal minister and filial son of the Ming Dynasty, but it was not easy for him to change the fate of the nation, no matter how corrupt any dynasty was, there was no shortage of people who were willing to be martyred for it, although the Qing Dynasty destroyed the Ming Dynasty in history, but the call for anti-Qing restoration of the Ming Dynasty still existed for a long time, this "loyal monarch" idea is respectable in a sense, but it is also sad.
Therefore, Guo Zhiyuan wants to change the fate of the nation, first of all, we must change the feudal thinking of the people of this era, especially Xu Guangqi, the representative of the elite intellectuals of this era, only by changing their thinking and getting their support, Guo Zhiyuan can achieve the goal of changing the destiny of the nation, from this point of view, this "Yisi Jingcha" certainly accelerated the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but it is also a catalyst, so that Xu Guangqi is a complete disappointment of elite intellectuals in this era to the decaying imperial court, which is an opportunity for Guo Zhiyuan!
Thinking of this, Guo Zhiyuan shook his head to shake off the negative emotions in his mind, sighed and said: "I'm waiting for a humble position, I can't manage the affairs of the court, let's think about how to deal with these officials from the capital!" ……”
Xu Guangqi's thoughts were also pulled back by Guo Zhiyuan, and he sighed: "Yes, the people who come are not good, I'm afraid that these officials will not be able to send it away!" ……”