In the blink of an eye, in the first month of the ninth year of Wanli, a fifteenth year, it was the Beijing inspection of the Xin Si year According to the regulations, the Beijing inspection plan was presided over by the Ministry of Officials, and the anonymous inspection method was sent to the ministries and courts.

After the end of the Beijing inspection, the official said that the retained officials were left behind. Officials who have been dismissed because of Jingcha have ended their political lives and are not allowed to be reinstated. Therefore, no matter how careless the officials are on weekdays, at such a time, they are all silent, lest they become the ghosts of the sword of the Jingcha plan.

By summing up the promotions and depositions of individual officials, we can outline the ups and downs of the competition between the major forces in the DPRK and China. For these groups, which have been brought together because of friendship, interests, and political opinions, the six-year Jingcha is like a big test, which not only measures the achievements they have achieved in the past six years, but also determines their position in the next six years. Therefore, long before the start of Jingcha, in order to take a little first-mover advantage in the big time, all aspects have begun to exert their efforts.

Xin Si Jingcha is no exception, according to the routine presiding over this Jingcha is the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Chonggu and Zuodu Yushi Hairui, but in fact, after experiencing several strong first assistants, has formed a situation of heavy cabinet and light ministry. The cabinet monopolized the government and undertook internal and external inspections, and the weight of power was unprecedented. Although the previous chief assistant silently ruled the world with judo, and re-discussed the country's major policies with the six ministries, it still did not change this pattern. So from the outset, the focus of the struggle was on the Cabinet.

As a result, Zhang Siwei, the first assistant who had just been in the seat, was completely knocked down and smelly, and he was recuperating at home from his injured body and mind, and he couldn't come out to see people. Now the cabinet is presided over by Lu Shusheng, the second assistant, and Lu is Xu Jie's township party, but after more than ten years of wind and rain, the face of the Xu party has been blurred, and most of those who still remain in the court have thrown themselves into the arms of the Shen party. Although Lu Shusheng holds his own identity and has always been inseparable from Shen Mo, there is no doubt that Jingcha is on the same front with Wei, Zhu, and Tang this time.

After the defeat of the cabinet, of course, the Jin Party could not give up, Zhang Siwei hung up, and Wang Chonggu could only provoke the sorghum. Although he hopes to make peace with Shen Mo, but when it comes to the living space in the imperial court,

I still can't give up an inch of land. Moreover, in addition to the party struggle, this old heavenly official also has a long-cherished wish, that is, to completely get rid of the control of the cabinet and restore the original scene of the first assistant and the heavenly officials going hand in hand, leading a total of 100 officials.

In order to recover the declining situation, Wang Chonggu was determined to use Jingcha to weaken the power of the Shen Party and improve the status of the officials. Of course, he will not throw himself to the cusp like Zhang Siwei, he only needs to beat the drum while achieving his goal, because the person who presided over Jingcha with him was the famous Hai Rui Haigang Peak. With this righteous and heroic Daming Divine Sword, he can hide the fact of forming a party and attacking Khan in the name of impartiality and impartiality.

Before the start of Jingcha, Wang Chonggu made a move.

According to the usual practice, the results of the inspection of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ministry of Officials must be played by the cabinet ministers. He knew that if he continued to follow the old practice of Jingcha, he would inevitably be unable to achieve the effect of the blow due to the obstruction of the cabinet. Therefore, it was decided to directly put Cha Shu on the emperor. In terms of the cabinet, although Lu Shusheng and others argued with reason, because of Zhang Siwei's matter, Emperor Wanli was eager to bury them all, so he ignored the protests of the cabinet and agreed to Wang Chonggu's performance.

After the start of the Jingcha, Wang Chonggu learned the lesson of Zhang Siwei's brittle defeat, and believed that the key was that the Kedao Yanguan was mastered by the Shen Party, and the cabinet officials manipulated the Kedao Yanguan to attack him behind the scenes, so he could take the initiative and take the initiative everywhere, so his goal was to cut off the minions of the Shen Party among the Yanguan.

Unfortunately, the cabinet, which lost for a while, also made the protection of officials, especially Kochen, the first priority.

Although there are no more than seven officials in the six departments of the dynasty, the power is so great that it can be used to regulate and inspect the affairs of the six ministries and hundreds of departments, and the affairs of each ministry must be carried out with their consent, otherwise they can be dismissed, and even the emperor's holy decree, if there is anything inappropriate, can also be sealed. It is precisely because of his too much power, worried that Kechen is above the six departments, Emperor Taizu will set his grade at the seventh grade according to the routine, and he will be given the examination for nine years. Therefore, the lowly and powerful things can never be measured by the level of supplies, so a total of 58 people in the six subjects have always been a place where every inch of land must be contested!

It is precisely because it is so important to give things to the emperor, so every time Jingcha, these seven-rank officials are the same as the ministers and ministers, and they report themselves to the emperor. But because of the existence of the voting system, as long as the cabinet is tough, it can replace the emperor and decide whether they will go or stay.

It is the second move made by Wang Chonggu, which is to invite the Beijing inspection this time, and the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will inspect the matter, rather than handing it over to the upper judge according to the usual practice. If this trick succeeds, then the officials who also have the right to appoint in the matter can take the opportunity to complete the personnel replacement of the Six Corridors and arrange their own people to enter it, thus reversing the one-sided situation.

The situation has reached this point, and the situation faced by the Shen Party is already very dangerous. However, because of the relationship with Shen Mo and the conflict with Zhang Siwei, it is difficult for the cabinet princes to see the emperor, let alone affect the emperor's decision-making. Therefore, the government and the opposition generally believe that the emperor will still agree to Wang Chonggu's request, and perhaps a will will be issued tomorrow.

On this day, after the yamen got off work, the left Shi Lang of the official department was still working in the duty room, and he did not change into civilian clothes and go out until it was dark. Speaking of which, this is the first time he has walked out of the door of the ministry in the past ten days. It's not that he has a conflict with his family, or he is too busy to go home, but at the juncture of Jingcha, as soon as he, the official Zuoshilang, enters the house, there is an endless stream of people who come to visit. Some people come to climb the hometown, and some people come to recognize the master. There are also people who come to him to ask for Mobao, but these are all pretenses, and the real purpose of these people is to inquire about the truth and seek protection, and the threshold of Shen Shi's expert is almost broken. After two days like this, it was really difficult to resist, and he couldn't give an eviction order like Wang Chonggu, so he could only live in the yamen and not go home.

But today, someone sent an invitation to call out Lord Shen, who was not out of the tiger's hole.

The sedan chair walked through the streets and alleys to the front of an official's mansion in Lilac Hutong. There was already a person at the door who greeted him and said with a hearty smile: "Ru Mo, why are you grinding now?" ”

"You have to wait until dark to walk." Shen Shixing smiled bitterly.

"You, you're really too careful, our friendship with fellow villagers and families, come to my house for a meal, do you still need to avoid people? , The guest was Chu Zuo Shilang Wang Xijue, a fellow villager and friend of the city.

"Extraordinary times" The two said this, walked into the mansion, and came to the main hall to sit, because they were going to talk about things today, so Wang Xijue's family avoided it, and he personally took the lamp, and the two talked while eating and drinking.

"Ru Mo, such a sumptuous banquet, just the two of us to eat?" Looking at a table of wine and food, but only two sets of utensils, Shen Shixing felt a little wasteful.

"They want to come too." Wang Xijue said: "But it's too eye-catching to worry about too many people, so let's touch it alone." ”

Shen Shixing nodded and didn't speak, he is the kind of person who is very introverted, even if he is a close friend in his life, he is a fart with a shot.

"Wang Chonggu bypassed the cabinet and reported directly to the emperor Jingcha, which made us very passive.

Although Zhang Siwei has stopped cooking, the Jin Party is still not to be underestimated, below the two kings, there are also Yang Junmin,

Wang Jiaping, Liu Dongxing, and Yang Yikui are all members of the third grade or above who can take charge of the first department at any time. Wang Xijue said: "If you want to guard the ministries, you must first guard the six science corridors, which is how many years of experience." Wang Xijue had long been accustomed to his wilting appearance, and after eating wine and food for a while, he started by himself: "If Wang Chonggu is allowed to take away the review power of the six subjects, the Jin Party will really turn over." ”

Shi Xing nodded.

"We must give up to the emperor in the matter, so that this cabinet has a chance to turn around." Wang Xijue continued: "But now that the cabinet princes can't see the emperor, only you can turn this matter around!" ”

"Me?" Shen Shixing smiled bitterly: "You look down on me too much." ”

"You are the emperor's most trusted teacher, and the second-in-command of the officials, you say that they are the most suitable." Wang Xijue said in a deep voice: "Ru Mo, when the teacher was leaving, he said that the next court will not look at his peers, but at our juniors, and among the juniors, we will look at you and me!" Said with a self-deprecating smile: "But I know that the teacher is encouraging me, and it is you who he really has high hopes for!" ”

Shi Xing shook his head and said, "The teacher admires you the most." ”

"My personality is too stubborn, my temper is too hard, the teacher really likes such a person, but you are the only one who can take his mantle!" Wang Xijue said: "Lifeng Gong and they also have this attitude, after this Jingcha, they will push you into the cabinet!" ”

"If I take the lead in fighting against the emperor, Lou really doesn't have that ability." Shen Shixing was unmoved and said: "It's better for you." ”

"That's right," Wang Xijue said: "The teacher had the intention of retiring before Ding Wei, and the emperor was consuming, and it was not beneficial to the country, the court, or anyone, and you were needed to take care of yin and yang, so that the politics of the Ming Dynasty could get back on track." ”

"Back on track?" Shen Shixing was quite moved, but he slowly shook his head and said: "I can't go back..."As the so-called one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, a strong emperor and a strong bureaucracy can never coexist, so either the minister is soft, or the emperor is soft, or everyone is consumed, and there is no possibility of harmonious coexistence.

"Don't be pessimistic, the emperor is young and vigorous, touch the wall a few times, run in, and it will be much better." Wang Xijue could only say so.

"That's all there is to it." Governor Shen Shi sighed, he couldn't betray his origin, and nodded slowly: "I'll enter the palace tomorrow ......"

One by one, one

was spoiled by Shen Shixing, Wang Chonggu was naturally furious, but Shen Shixing's deep silence was just a trivial matter, not to mention that Wang Chonggu couldn't really do anything to him.

Finally had a position to counterattack, and the cabinet did not panic, and settled down to wrestle with Wang Chonggu.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, Jingcha officially began, and then ......

The two sides found that it was neither Wang Chonggu nor the cabinet who sang the leading role, but the Hai Bijia who had been silent for many years......

Hai Rui is 67 years old this year, but he is still bright-eyed and energetic, and his combat effectiveness is naturally the same as it was back then. The reason why he has not been heard for all these years is because as long as he sits in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the supposedly incurable corruption and dereliction of duty will disappear without a trace. One by one, the imperial historians under his command turned into an incorruptible machine that did not enter oil and salt, and the clockwork was tightened, wide-eyed and swept every corner of the imperial court, vowing to find out all the outlaws...... In order to be able to make achievements, I will be transferred as soon as possible and get out of the sea of suffering.

One day when the king of Haiyan was in the Imperial Palace, the officials of the imperial court hung a bright sword on their heads, and they didn't dare to come nonsense for a moment. This kind of inhuman life naturally made the officials resentful of him, and they couldn't attack Hai Jui from the style of life, so they blamed him on the problems of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As soon as something goes wrong, they will attack it en masse. However, with the silent and unconditional support, Hai Rui has not moved, and he has been shocking the world in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

People say that during the Wanli New Deal, the politics were clear, and Hai Rui and his Metropolitan Procuratorate had more than half of the credit. However, Hai Rui is not satisfied, before retiring, he still has one more thing to do, that is, to host a Jingcha! Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate can only correct lawlessness, it is powerless against officials who have not made mistakes. But is an officer who doesn't make mistakes good? Obviously not, those who are vegetarian and get by are no less harmful to the court than those who are greedy and pervert the law. Therefore, Hai Rui pinned his hopes on this Jingcha to drive those people out of the court and clear the way for those who are motivated.

On the first day of the office, Wang Chonggu said that the visit orders have been received, so let's discuss while watching. Hai Rui took out a long list and said: "This is the record of the conduct and achievements of officials in Beijing in the past five years.

"Such a few words?" Wang Chonggu was dizzy for a while, and said with a hint of luck.

"This is the index," Hai Rui said, "Which yamen does Wang Butang plan to see first?" I had people pull me in a car. ”

"..............." Wang Chonggu slashed his heart with a knife.!