Tang Yin's face was like earth, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at Emperor Zhengde. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Say, aren't you quite able to speak? Why are you dumb now? ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily: "Could it be that you suddenly figured it out?" ”

"The minister is guilty, please ask Your Majesty to surrender."

At this point, it is useless to say more.

The only thing Tang Yin could do was to obediently confess his guilt, so that Zhu Houzhao's anger would be dissipated.

"Well, you don't feel happy in your heart, but you want me to be this wicked person. I won't let you get your way. ”

Zhu Houzhao angrily shook the sleeves of his robe and said, "I won't punish you, I will punish Xie Shen." ”

Tang Yin's face froze, obviously not understanding what Zhu Houzhao meant.

He had thought of countless possibilities, but he had not thought of this.

"Your Majesty......"

Tang Yin's expression was extremely painful, he bowed deeply to Emperor Zhengde, and said respectfully: "The minister does things by himself, this matter really has nothing to do with the old Xiaoge, how can the old minister of the small pavilion be accepted?" ”

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly and said, "I believe that Mr. Xie doesn't know, he wouldn't do such a stupid thing anyway." ”

Tang Yin's face softened slightly, but Zhu Houzhao continued: "However, I believe that Mr. Xie does not mean that those officials who impeached you also believe it." They must have thought that Xie Shen was secretly arranging, after all, you were recommended by him. ”

Tang Yin suddenly realized. At the beginning, Xie Shen strongly recommended him to be the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, so that he was able to win in the court push.

In addition, he and Xie Shen have a very close personal relationship, and normal people will associate him with Tang Yin's resolute behavior after taking office with Scholar Xie.

It's human nature.

"Your Majesty, the minister is responsible for doing things alone, and the minister can explain ......."

"One person does things and one person does? Do you think they will pass up the opportunity to take advantage of this to attack Mr. Xie? You go to explain? You think they'll be standing there listening to you explain? ”

Zhu Houzhao looked at Tang Yin like a fool, and he really couldn't understand how Mr. Xie would recommend such a person.

Tang Yin really didn't know what to do now, the Son of Heaven was very dissatisfied with him, and the civil officials were also very dissatisfied with him.

That's fine, but it also involved Xie Shen because of this, which made Tang Yin regret it.

"Stand down, I've got my own plans. Think about how to be an official. ”

Zhu Houzhao cleared his throat and waved impatiently.

"Minister... Retirement. ”

Tang Yin's face was like white paper, and he walked out of the hall tremblingly, only to feel that his two legs did not obey the call.

"Lord Tang, do you want our family to send someone to send you home?"

Zhang Yong, the imperial eunuch, saw that the situation was not right, and walked over.

"No need, thank you Grandpa Zhang."

Tang Yin smiled bitterly and continued to walk out.

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Three days later, Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao punished Tang Yin and Xie Shen.

Tang Yin was fined for half a year, and Xie Shen was fined for one month.

This punishment is not considered severe, but it sends a signal that His Majesty the Emperor does not want to be the enemy of the civil officials of the entire Jingshi.

Xie Shen was fined for a month for recommending Tang Yin, and many officials of the Hanlin Academy could not stand it and jointly wrote to the Son of Heaven to plead their case, requesting that Xie Ge Lao be exempted from punishment.

Zhu Houzhao ignored it.

He really didn't want to punish Xie Shen, but if he didn't punish Xie Shen, someone would impeach Xie Shen next. In doing so, he was actually protecting Xie Shen and telling those officials that I had already made concessions, and that it would be better to stop in moderation.

Moreover, Zhu Houzhao has another layer of consideration for doing this, that is, let Tang Yin think about his positioning, and don't rush to the front of everything.

If something really happened, not only Tang Yin would be punished, but even Xie Shen, who recommended him, would also suffer.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao himself trusted Xie Shen very much, and the punishment of Xie Shen was just to give Tang Yin a warning.

But this gave the officials who impeached Tang Yin a wrong signal - the Son of Heaven did not favor Xie Shen anymore.

The officials who had to be suppressed by Xie Shen before thought that the time had come, so they simply impeached Xie Shen in an attempt to take the opportunity to bring him down in one fell swoop.

This caused Zhu Houzhao to be furious.

What he hated most was the hug solidarity party. Especially corrupt officials who do not hesitate to reverse black and white for their own selfish interests.

He punished Tang Yin and jointly punished Xie Shen because Tang Yin did do something wrong and was a bit specialized. But it didn't mean that he had any doubts about Tang Yin and Xie Shen's abilities. It doesn't mean that he gave up Tang Yin and Xie Shen.

In this way, Zhu Hou took care of the faces of these officials, and he left the impeachment of Xie Shen in the middle. I'm going to drag this matter over with a procrastination trick.

However, Xie Shen's reaction surprised Zhu Houzhao a little.

He voluntarily asked for his resignation and took the strongest stance to impeach his officials.

In this way, Zhu Houzhao is really difficult to do.

In his impression, Xie Shen has always been an old-fashioned and cautious person. Why did you react so strongly on this matter?

Of course, Zhu Houzhao knew that Xie Shen was a negative move, and persuaded him again and again, and even called the first assistant of the cabinet, the scholar of the Huagai Palace, the secretary of the ministry, and the prince and master Li Dongyang personally came forward to dissuade Xie Shen.

Now is the most critical period for the implementation of the new policy, and Xie Shen must not be allowed to resign like this.

Li Dongyang still has face, and after coming forward, Xie Shen's intention to go has faded a lot.

However, Xie Shen also vomited a lot of bitterness on Li Dongyang, and it was not easy to sink into reform.

In fact, the reason why Xie Shen was so strong this time was not because he was jointly punished by Zhu Houzhao, but because he wanted to hold grievances for Tang Yin.

Good at specialization, these two words are too heart-wrenching.

Only the old fritters who have been immersed in officialdom for many years can concoct such a vicious crime.

If he relented this time, with his status in Zhu Houzhao's mind, it would never have any impact.

But Tang Yin was miserable, his impression in Zhu Houzhao's heart would be greatly reduced, and he would even be disgusted by him.

It is impossible for a courtier who is disgusted by the Son of Heaven to develop well.

Once Tang Yin is marginalized, the implementation of Xie Shen's new policy will be in a difficult situation.

Although Tang Yin was a bit profligate, he had an advantage that other courtiers did not have, that is, he dared to act, and dared to put forward his own opinions in the face of high-pressure rule.

In other words, Tang Yin is the most like a Ming native of the traverser.

Naturally, there is only one Xie Shen, which is irreplaceable, but if there is a similar person who can charge forward in the New Deal reform, Xie Shen's pressure will be much less.

Tang Yin's qualities are not possessed by the courtiers who are currently good friends with Xie Shen, and Gu Dingchen is the same. Although Scholar Gu has the will to reform, he is still resistant to some things in essence.

And with Gu Dingchen's current identity, it is no longer appropriate to charge at the forefront.

Thinking about it carefully, the only person Xie Shen could use was Tang Yin, which was a sad thing.

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In fact, Xie Shen sometimes thinks about whether his efforts are meaningful.

As strong as Zhang Juzheng, the implementation of Longwan's new policy has only achieved temporary results.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng died of illness, his new policy completely dissipated with him.

And Xie Shen's reform is more thorough than Zhang Juzheng's. Zhang Juzheng is only patching up the original system, and the essence has not changed.

And the reform made by Xie Shen is tantamount to a hard stab to the civil service, although it cannot be called castration, but it is almost the same.

What Xie Shen needed was to raise the status of merchants, craftsmen, and soldiers so that they could have the opportunity to participate in the governance of the country.

This may sound utopian at first, but it's impossible without trying it.

Xie Shen chose to grit his teeth and persist after repeated entanglements.

Why did the Ming Dynasty accumulate so many things? Why did the huge empire collapse as soon as the two Tartars marched south?

Why did the peasant armies break out all over the country, but the imperial court was helpless?

It's hard to explain in one sentence. However, Xie Shen felt that this must be related to the deformity of the civil service system.

When only one group of people in an empire has a voice, it must be problematic.

The Donglin Party at the end of the Ming Dynasty was actually a microcosm of the abnormal development of the civilian bureaucratic system.

The party is the same as the other, the middle is full and fat, the corpse is vegetarian, and the civil officials are like parasites to eat the Ming Dynasty cleanly, leaving only a dry bone.

In fact, it is very difficult to make a fundamental change in any new policy that does not carry out reforms from within the civil service system, and it is nothing more than digging up the flesh to mend the sores and scratching the itch in the boots.

This is also why Xie Shen is in a hurry to incorporate the craftsman examination into the imperial examination and train the new army.

Civil servants need checks and balances, and they need to share power.

Only a country with professional talent management can have hope for the country.

And not a bunch of Confucian machines full of moral articles.

Of course, at the level of the ruler of the country, there are also big problems.

The biggest problem is that the emperor has too much power.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, abolition the prime minister system through the Hu Weiyong case, the Ming Dynasty does not have a way to balance the emperor.

The cabinet seems to be a substitute for the prime minister's system, but in fact it is far from it.

Even the first assistant of the cabinet cannot fully play the role of prime minister, but needs to cooperate with the celebrant and supervisor.

The two are combined into one, and they can barely be called phases.

This is also the most troublesome problem.

No emperor, as long as he is not an idiot and mentally retarded, will not give up the authority in his hands.

This point is no exception.

Although Zhu Houzhao is a little, he actually attaches great importance to power.

If Xie Shen reformed and rushed to the emperor, it would definitely end extremely miserable.

In Xie Shen's view, the monarch's power really needs to be restricted. However, this needs to be done step by step, first to complete the transformation of civil officials, and then to restrict the monarchy's power, which is obviously more realistic than directly colliding with the monarchy.

As for whether it is a dualist monarchy, a constitutional monarchy, or a new system that is different from the two and has a deep connection with the cabinet system, Xie Shen does not know yet.

But what is certain is that in order for the country to develop in a good direction, Xie Shen needs to grit his teeth and persevere.

The hardships that cannot be mentioned to others are probably the most desperate.

However, at least Xie Shen's statement played a role in this matter, and Zhu Houzhao repeatedly retained him, and he almost took the initiative to admit his mistake.

Zhu Houzhao is the Son of Heaven, and it is of course impossible to expect him to admit his mistakes.

Xie Shen also expressed his opinion euphemistically, and accepted it when he saw it.

He never wanted to go against the emperor, after all, his political ideas and his new policy reforms all needed to be completed under the pretense of Zhu Houzhao's hands.

Without Zhu Houzhao's support, he couldn't do anything.

After some tossing, the court officials who impeached Tang Yin and Xie Shen found that nothing had changed. Xie Shen is still the second assistant of the dynasty, and Tang Yin is still the Yin of Shuntianfu.

They seem to have made a big mistake - directly exposing their backs to Xie and Tang.

Xie Shen's counterattack began.

He ordered Tang Yin to collect evidence of these magnates encroaching on the fields and acres as the evil master of the capital and personally present it to the Son of Heaven.

If Tang Yin is suspected of being good at doing these things, Xie Shen has no problem doing this.

He is the second assistant of the cabinet, and the recognized successor of the first assistant, if even he does not have the power to deal with these issues, then the Ming Dynasty is afraid that only His Majesty the Emperor himself has this power.

In the handling of this matter, Zhu Houzhao already felt guilty about Xie Shen, and just took the opportunity to compensate Xie Shen.

These officials involved were all investigated and interrogated by the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department, and those with conclusive evidence were immediately investigated and prosecuted.

The whole Jingshi applauded, and the people praised the old and virtuous people of Xiaoge, and His Majesty the Emperor was wise.

Of course, that's not all. Because Xie Shen took the opportunity to mention the issue of Jingshi Huangzhuang to the Son of Heaven.

The so-called Huangzhuang is, of course, a manor directly under the royal family.

The grain and vegetables produced by these estates were directly supplied to the palace, and the surplus was handled by the palace purchasing agency.

In general, it is a legalized tax-free estate.

If that's all there is, there's nothing wrong with that.

But the problem is that the people who are responsible for managing the imperial village are eunuchs, and the eunuchs are the most greedy for money.

In the name of the royal family, they wantonly encroached on the land and incorporated the people's fields into the imperial estate, but in fact they were seeking personal gain.

The people have no power or power, so it is naturally impossible to come with these eunuchs, so they have to watch their own land become His Majesty's Emperor's.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao was very wronged in this matter, and he carried the black pot for others for no reason, and he was still in the dark.

Therefore, when Xie Shen took out this matter and solemnly reported it to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao looked confused.

"Is what the gentleman said true?"

"Your Majesty, how dare you deceive Your Majesty. What the minister said is true, if Your Majesty does not believe it, you can call those fathers-in-law who are in charge of the imperial village one by one to inquire. ”

"These, they dare to encroach on the people's fields under the banner of me, they really deserve to be killed!"

Zhu Houzhao clenched his fists, and his eyes revealed murderous intent.

Compared with civil officials, the betrayal of eunuchs made Zhu Houzhao more difficult to tolerate.

The former is a minister, and the latter is nothing more than a house slave.

If even the house slave dares to hide from the master and do whatever he wants, how can this family be managed? What prestige does Zhu Houzhao, the head of the family, have?

"Zhang Yong, get me in."

Zhu Houzhao's chest rose and fell sharply, and he roared hysterically.

Zhang Yong, the imperial eunuch, ran in trembling when he heard this, knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave and maid should die, I don't know what the emperor commands." ”

"What a good thing your sons have done. They put pots on my head, and I can't defend myself, so tell me what I should do with them? ”

Zhang Yong was directly stunned, and said in his heart what these rabbit cubs did to make the emperor so angry.

"Slaves and maids, what did they do?"

"What was done? See for yourself! ”

Zhu Houzhao angrily threw the song to Zhang Yong, and slapped it directly on Zhang's father-in-law's face, and he almost fainted in pain.

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