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The next day, after the court meeting began. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the Imperial Palace, Wang Baoren officially took over the position of the crown prince and the prince, and under the holy decree of Emperor Deqing, he also took over the coordination and coordination of the three law divisions.

This also means that Wang Baoren has the right to meddle in the laws, judgments, and supervision of the Ming Dynasty!

When I first returned to the capital, I was so valued and got such a hot authority, it stands to reason that it should be the envy of hundreds of officials, and Wang Baoren should also be proud of the spring breeze.

However, when Wang Baoren accepted the appointment, his face was quite gloomy and serious, and the eyes of the officials looking at Wang Baoren did not mean envy at all, but some schadenfreude.

In officialdom, the network of relationships has always been intricate, and once anything is spread, it can no longer be called a secret, and it will soon be known to everyone.

Therefore, Huang Yourong's impeachment of the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, the officials have already known the news, and Wang Baoren is responsible for the coordination and co-ordination of the three legal divisions, and everyone has long known it, after linking these two things together, the officials all guessed the intention of Emperor Deqing to use Wang Baoren to deal with the Nanjing Sixth Ministry, and it seems that the appointment of "heavy" is only a part of this trap, and they are also very clear that Wang Baoren is now in a dilemma, and the embarrassing situation of the wolf and the tiger.

Therefore, the officials did not envy Wang Baoren at all, but were a little gloating, wanting to see whether Wang Baoren wanted to abandon the car and protect the handsome, or fight against the water, but no matter how Wang Baoren chose, he would not get any benefits, and the biggest beneficiary would only be the center of the court.

It was in this delicate atmosphere that Wang Baoren accepted the appointment of Emperor Deqing and also accepted the "sincere" congratulations of the officials.

However, seeing the expressions of the officials, obviously wanting to see their own jokes, Wang Baoren's heart sank again.

Things have come to this point, Wang Baoren is already very clear, he must make a choice as soon as possible, whether it is to deal with the Nanjing Sixth Department with the imperial court center, or to fight against the imperial court center with the Nanjing Sixth Department, although neither of these two options will be beneficial to him, but if he continues to delay and let the officials look at his embarrassing jokes, then his prestige and reputation will be completely ruined, which is something he can't accept even more!

"Two days at most! Within two days, a decision must be made, and this matter must not be delayed any longer! ”

Wang Baoren secretly made up his mind.

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At this time, Emperor Deqing seemed to be completely unaware of Wang Baoren's embarrassing contradictions and the gloating of the officials, and still looked like he trusted Wang Baoren, and slowly said with a serious face: "Three months ago, the assassination of Zhao Junchen, the head of the household department, can be said to have shocked the government and the opposition, and the impact was extremely bad, but the three law divisions were not in a good position, and they could not solve the case for a long time. There are still seven days left before the deadline I set, and if the three legal divisions still can't solve the case, I will have to punish you for 'dereliction of duty'!" ”

Then, Emperor Deqing changed his warm expression and said to Wang Baoren: "Master Wang, you are an old courtier, you have always been experienced, keen and resolute, I also have great hopes for you, and I hope that you must try your best to supervise the three law divisions, and don't let them slack off again." ”

After hearing Emperor Deqing's instructions, Zhang Bochong, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Du Bai, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Lu Chunxiao, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, Fang Shiwen, the secretary of Dali Temple, and others came out one after another, and assured Emperor Deqing that "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers will never dare to breed snubbism, and they will definitely solve the case before the time limit!" ”

On the occasion of the guarantee, the four chief officers of the Three Law Divisions were full of confidence, and they were not as weak as they were a few days ago.

After all, Emperor Deqing has already clearly hinted that he wants to splash the dirty water of Zhao Junchen's assassination case on the Nanjing Sixth Department, and the next thing they have to do is to implement the case as soon as possible and try their best to cover up the flaws in the clues and evidence.

Wang Baoren only felt aggrieved in his heart, but he didn't want the officials to laugh at him further, he still looked calm on the surface, and replied slowly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will do his best!" ”

Prior to this, Wang Baoren had always called himself a "minister" in front of Emperor Deqing, which was to show that he was still strong and energetic, and hoped that Emperor Deqing would be able to reuse himself. But now, Wang Baoren's self-proclaimed self-proclaimed has quietly become an "old minister", which is to deliberately show his qualifications and loyalty, and hopes that Emperor Deqing can look at his qualifications and loyalty, and not make himself too miserable, which is already a manifestation of softness in some respects.

Emperor Deqing didn't seem to see the thoughts of Wang Baoren and the three law division officials at all, but nodded with satisfaction and said, "Since a few Aiqing have sworn such a promise, then I am waiting for your results!" ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Deqing ended the topic of Wang Baoren and the Three Law Divisions, and said: "Today's court meeting, in addition to the appointment of Wang Taishi, there is another important matter, after two months, the imperial court's quadrennial 'Jingcha' has been settled, to my deep satisfaction is that the vast majority of the Beijing officials are ranked first in the 'four grids' of 'Shou', 'Zheng', 'Cai', and 'Year', and there are only a very few officials who are listed as inferior in the 'Eight Laws', which also shows that the court's politics are clear, The diligence and dedication of the officials ......"

Hearing Emperor Deqing's statement, most of the officials in the Imperial Palace looked excited, but in fact, including Emperor Deqing, everyone's hearts were disapproving.

The "Jingcha" once every four years is largely just a formality, the vast majority of officials in the capital have backers, it is not difficult to evaluate the excellence in the "Jingcha", and the remaining neutral officials will definitely go out in advance and send benefits, and they will also not be listed as inferior in the "Jingcha", and the cheating phenomenon is extremely serious, unless it is the most intense period of party struggle, otherwise most of the "Jingcha" every time is a happy ending, only those with low status, no backstage, Only a small number of low-level officials who are not willing to go out of the way will be rated inferior and used to decorate the façade, and it is rare for them to be punished purely because of their poor political performance.

As a matter of fact, the evaluation of the merits and demerits of the "Jingcha" has never been the focus, but the focus is on which officials will be given the opportunity to be promoted after the "Jingcha" is over! This is the real battlefield where the major factions are wrestling in secret!

Therefore, Emperor Deqing's words had no practical significance, but the officials were still focused, because they knew that Emperor Deqing was about to talk about the actual content.

Sure enough, after saying some high-sounding words, Emperor Deqing said: "Taking the opportunity of 'Jingcha', the government and the opposition have discovered many available talents, and after consulting with several cabinet elders, it has been decided to let them go to the local yamen for training!" In the past two years, there has been a 'Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case', and then Su Changzhen's bribery and party formation case, from the capital to Nanzhili, many local officials have been implicated, convicted, and lost their official positions, which makes me very angry, I only hope that hundreds of officials will learn from it, especially those officials who go to the local experience, and remember the words 'loyal to the monarch and love the people'! ”

After finishing speaking, Emperor Deqing nodded to Zhang De, the great eunuch beside him.

Then, the eunuch Zhang De stepped forward, and took up a holy decree to announce the appointment of a total of thirty-one officials in the capital, all of whom were direct beneficiaries of this 'Jingcha', not only were they rated as excellent in the "Four Grids and Eight Laws", but also received the opportunity to be exiled and promoted to official positions.

In fact, this is only a partial appointment, and appointments below the seventh rank do not need to be announced in the Imperial Palace.

Because of the "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case" and Su Changyi's case, there were many vacancies in the yamen from the capital to the southern Zhili, so the scale of Emperor Deqing's appointment this time was much larger than in previous years, and the major factions of the imperial court all reaped the benefits, but more or less.

But the biggest benefit is undoubtedly "Zhao Dang"!

Because of Zhou Shangjing's active cooperation, a total of 12 officials of the "Zhao Party" were promoted to prefects and prefectures in various places, and 13 officials were given official positions such as county governors and Tongzhi.

This means that the foundation of the "Zhao Party" has been greatly enhanced!

For a time, the officials of the "Zhao Party" were all beaming, and the major factions of the imperial court were also looking sideways.

It's just that after the announcement ended, without waiting for the officials to react, Emperor Deqing had already ended the topic of 'Jingcha', and just asked: "The matter of Jingcha is about the same, do you have other things to do with me?" ”

As Emperor Deqing's words fell, the performance of the hundred officials was quite tacit, and they all looked towards Zhao Junchen's position.

And Zhao Junchen did not disappoint the officials, and soon stepped out of the ranks and presented to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to play!" ”

After seeing Zhao Junchen's performance, Emperor Deqing's face flashed with helplessness, and he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, but still said: "Zhao Aiqing will play if he has something." ”

Zhao Junchen raised his voice and said: "Your Majesty, the minister looked at the accounts of the household department yesterday and found that there are only more than four million mu of land used to cultivate grain in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, only more than half of the land used for cultivating grain in the Chengzu period, and it is no longer the most important grain-producing place in our dynasty, and the land used to cultivate grain in Huguang Prefecture, the most important grain-producing place of the imperial court, has also gradually decreased in recent years, and it has decreased by more than one million mu in just the past ten years, and all of them have been replaced with fruits, tea and tobacco...... If this goes on for a long time, the grain turnover of the imperial court may become more and more difficult, and the minister hopes that the imperial court can issue a decree to return the land to the grain ......"

With Zhao Junchen's performance, the officials also looked helpless!

Recently, Zhao Junchen would suggest that the imperial court force the people to re-cultivate grain every morning, or suggest that the imperial court allocate silver taels to greatly promote water conservancy and irrigation, but he still did not give up his last two proposals for agricultural reform.

It can be said that Zhao Junchen's emphasis on agriculture has been almost paranoid during this period of time.

Many officials even privately jokingly referred to Zhao Junchen as "Zhao Chongnong" and "Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture" to ridicule Zhao Junchen's performance during this period.

So, with the end of Zhao Junchen's performance, the officials are still not giving an inch, and they have come out to oppose it, which has become a fixed process in the early court every day in recent times, Zhao Junchen will have a heated debate with the officials every day because of these things, whether it is the Deqing Emperor or the hundred officials in the court, they are all annoyed, but they are also helpless - to this day, no one dares to ignore Zhao Junchen's attitude.

Then, the early dynasty of this day also came to an end in the fierce debate between Zhao Junchen and the hundred officials.

Zhao Junchen's performance seems to be paranoid, but through one fierce debate after another, he has gradually figured out the bottom line of the officials!

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Tomorrow there will be nothing to do, there will be an outbreak, at least 10,000 words!

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