After some negotiation and private operation, the cabinet meeting was convened again, and even Li Chunfang, who had been closed, rushed over, although he knew that he had already lost his power, his prestige was discredited, and the real cabinet power fell into the hands of Tang Yi, but this one did not have too many faults, he was as soft as a cotton bale, and he rashly attacked him, and he really had to weigh the gains and losses, otherwise someone would definitely say that he was bullying honest people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Moreover, Tang Yi has not yet done a good job in the division of labor in the cabinet, and it is still stable for the time being. The more it is time for the old and the new to alternate, the more cautious he must be, Tang Yi treats Li Chunfang very politely.

Li Chunfang was also self-aware, and after saying two words, he asked Tang Yi to preside over the cabinet meeting on his behalf.

"Previously, the princes discussed and listed the three major contents that urgently need to be reformed, among which the officials bear the brunt, Gao Ge Lao, and Chen Ge Lao, how have you discussed?"

Gao Gong did not give in, and said loudly: "The old man has drawn up a rectification method, and the top priority is that the laws and regulations are corrupted, and the officials mistakenly take the charter, so the superintendent*, know the legal system, and take the school examination from time to time, and reward and punish the laziness and the punishment strictly." The new branch jinshi, the second and third class, the distribution of various yamen, the emphasis on practical learning, the Ming political system, the officials of each ministry should inspect from time to time, select the old officials who are familiar with general affairs, and teach the new branch jinshi ......"

Everyone listened patiently to Gao Gong's explanation, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up, this coarse-looking man really has great wisdom and talent, let him preside over the rectification of the officials, he is definitely the most suitable person.

Gao Gong advocated strengthening the training of the new branch jinshi, and strictly enforcing the decree to ensure that the order was forbidden, and the court was like an arm. He even asked the noble head of the new branch jinshi to learn from the old officials. This point may be inspired by Han Dewang and Wu Tiancheng and others, no matter how good the Bagu article is, it may not be able to govern the country, if you want to be a good official, you still have to have real skills.

Second, he suggested that the officials in charge of criminal law should be professional, hold office for a long time, and be able to listen to judgments publicly, and only by being proficient in laws and regulations can they judge cases fairly and impartially; in addition, they should also be strictly evaluated to put an end to the phenomenon of favoritism and irregularities.

Third, the emphasis is on law enforcement, and local officials must strictly investigate bandits, vigorously suppress them, and appease the people; some local officials, considering the gains and losses of their personal careers, often conceal and fail to report lawsuits involving human lives, deceive their superiors and subordinates, cover their ears and steal bells, and condone bandits; once discovered, they must immediately dismiss their officials; when the people encounter the inaction of officials, they can also go beyond the level to file a complaint, and anyone who harbors bandits will be punished as gangsters.

Fourth, it is necessary to severely punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, oppose harsh and tyrannical government, Gao Gong believes that greed and cruelty are two sides of the same coin, greed is the goal, cool is the means, and all officials who do misconduct will use strong and tyrannical means to deter the people, deter people's hearts, and make them dare not resist, let them take what they want, and exploit the flesh and fish. For example, Xie Wanshou, the prefect of Kaifeng, actually killed more than 10 people in the court and hung the corpses outside the yamen, and since then, no one has dared to complain. The officer has been in office for less than two years, and he is greedy for as many as 150,000 taels of ink!

Fifth, in view of the corruption of the imperial court program and the frequent occurrence of unjust prisons in recent decades, Gao Gong proposed to redress unjust cases, rectify wrong cases, and return justice to the people.

In the end, Gao Gong said emotionally: "From the old man's point of view, in the eyes of the local people, what is the imperial court?" It is not the six ministries and nine secretaries, nor is it the supervision of the yamen, often a Xu official, an errand officer, and a county government is the court, which is the sky! The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, the head of governing the country was governed by officials, the government of the country was clear, and the officials ruled turbidity and bandits were everywhere, and the world was in chaos. The people often say that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and if you want to govern the place, you must start from the Beijing officials. The old man is ready to ask His Majesty to allow Beijing to inspect hundreds of officials and eliminate the black sheep. ”

After speaking, Gao Gong took out a handbook and sent it to Tang Yi's hands.

This move seems ordinary, but in Zhang Juzheng's view, he was taken aback. In the past, according to the character of the high arch, he came up with a good way, and directly asked Longqing for approval, but this time he changed his previous style, and handed over the strategy to the cabinet for collective discussion.

Tang Yi took the notebook, flipped through it, and handed it to Zhao Zhenji casually, waiting for several pavilion elders to circulate it. Tang Yicai said: "Gao Ge Lao's strategy is very complete, I personally agree with it, what is the opinion of the princes, let's express a position!" ”

Tang Yi took the lead in raising his hand, Gao Gong and Chen Yiqin proposed a plan, they were a little stunned, and they also raised their right arms, and then Tang Ruji was not surprised and strongly agreed.

There are still four pavilion elders left, and people's eyes are on Zhao Zhenji.

Before Gao Gong proposed to Jingcha Baiguan, but there was a big counterattack by the Xu Party, and Gao Hu was driven back to his hometown, and Jingcha again, as the heir of Xu Jie, Zhao Zhenji's attitude was particularly critical!

The old master squinted his eyes, thought for a long time, and resolutely raised his hand, "Gao Ge Lao, the old man supports the rectification of the rule of officials, but Kedao will not sit idly by, he must participate in it, everything must be in accordance with the imperial court system, and public weapons cannot be used privately!" ”

Gao Gong snorted, "Elder Zhao Ge, if Gao is doing something wrong, you just have to impeach!" ”

Having leveled the biggest stumbling block, Zhang Siwei, as the last pavilion elder and a quasi-ally of Gao Gong, undoubtedly agrees. On the contrary, Zhang Juzheng, who rushed to the front before, fell to the end, and he slowly raised his hand in agreement under the hesitant gazes of all parties, looking uncertain and very weird.

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng, with a voice in his heart, kept shouting: He really did it! Really did it!

Zhang Juzheng has been in the office for 20 years, after two first assistants, Zhang Juzheng observed clearly, Yan Song's style is domineering, monopolizing votes, treating other cabinet elders as subordinate officials, and not giving any power, Xu Jie, who was once nicknamed the concubine of the Yan family, suffered humiliation.

When the Yan Party fell, Xu Jie learned a lesson, put forward the idea of three returns, and said that what is the same thing is public, public is a hundred beautiful tools, special is private, and private is a hundred evils.

In order to implement the three returns, Xu Jie frequently wrote to increase the number of scholars and decentralize power, but Xu Jie's actions are limited.

When he realized that Gao Gong threatened his position, Xu Huating tore his face, mobilized the power of Kedao, and knocked Gao Gong down, and by the way, he killed Guo Pu, and the power of the cabinet fell into the hands of one person again.

Observing the two first assistants, Zhang Juzheng understood a profound truth, ideals and reality are completely two different things, as the first assistant, you have to seize power, you have to grasp it, only by saying one thing, can you implement your own ideals. It was this idea that prompted Zhang Juzheng to return to the court, and he did not hesitate to calculate his mentor and make an alliance with Gao Gong regardless of everything......

But when he saw Tang Yi's actions today, Zhang Juzheng was completely dumbfounded, and even the whole person was stunned.

At the beginning, Xu Jie's "three returns" on his lips really appeared in Tang Yi's hands, and Zhang Juzheng patiently observed it, and soon it was the next topic of military reform.

Tang Ruji, as the initiator, after the explanation, after discussions from all sides, entered the voting link, this time Chen Yiqin thought that the extravagance was excessive, and Zhang Siwei also put forward his opinion, that the mixed training should be mainly based on the border army, not the southern army, and then he also advocated that the direction of the use of troops should be placed in the Hetao.

Originally, Zhang Siwei didn't want to speak, but military affairs and Jiubian involved the foundation of the Jin Party, and he, as a spokesperson, couldn't help but speak out.

Tang Ruji's two major propositions, have shaken the foundation of the Jin Party, once the southern soldiers are the mainstay, the Jin Party's operation in the nine sides will be in vain, as for the Hetao, it is the Yellow River, the richest place, the Jin merchants have always hoped to find a new pillar industry, get rid of the dependence on smuggling and salt, wool spinning is a direction that has long been determined, they urgently need to get the Hetao pasture, as a base for sheep raising.

Zhang Siwei stubbornly put forward a suggestion, Tang Yi did not force a vote, but after communicating with Zhao Zhenji and Gao Gong, he decided to postpone the military reform temporarily, and asked Tang Ruji to reassess and negotiate, and seven days later, come up with a new plan.

This move was really beyond everyone's expectations, everyone knew that the military was Tang Yi's most important aspect, and Tang Ruji's plan greatly took care of the interests of the southern army, and it was also in line with Tang Yi's interests.

Tang Yi didn't force the vote by virtue of his advantage, you must know that Zhang Siwei is just a last cabinet elder with shallow qualifications, even if he has the support of the Jin Party, he can't get on the stage, but his opinion actually turned things around, which has to make people sigh.

"Sure enough, it is a good means, silently, raising the status of the elders, giving enough face to the Jin Party, I am afraid that after seven days, after the exchange of interests, the military reform will be smoothly implemented!" Zhang Juzheng thought to himself.

The next item is the investigation power against Kedao, this Zhao Zhenji is the most proud, and the old master is rarely the first to rush out and strongly support it.

"The old man knows that some people hate rumors and rumors very much, and think that Kedao always likes to chase after the wind and talk nonsense. But if you think about it, Kedao is just a small official, most of them are from a clean background, and they are not familiar enough with the government and politics, so they can only grasp the scales and half-claws and wantonly attack morality. If they were given the power to investigate the province, they would be able to go deep into the six ministries and thirteen provinces, conduct special investigations on budgets, personnel, criminal names, projects, military affairs, transportation, warehousing, and rivers, and come up with something truly convincing to find out those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who were deeply hidden. Gao Ge Lao, I'm afraid that if you want to clean up the officials, you can't do without the full assistance of Kedao, right? ”

After talking to Tang Yi, Old Master Zhao fully understood the core essence of this investigation right, and his remarks were completely in line with Gao Gong's pragmatic proposition, Gao Beard can't say that you go away, and the officials don't want you to get involved!

On the contrary, Gao Gong has long understood that he and Zhao Zhenji are left and right, and if they do not reform the science and road, they will not rectify the rule of officials, and vice versa, this is completely a supporting thing.

The tall beard pinched his nose and agreed with Zhao Zhenji's proposition.

A pair of old enemies shook hands and made peace, Chen Yiqin couldn't be embarrassed by both sides, and immediately raised his hand in agreement, Tang Ruji and Zhang Siwei didn't say anything, and finally Tang Yi and Zhang Juzheng also raised their right arms, and the seven elders reached an agreement again.

Li Chunfang, who was still sitting on the main seat, seemed to have become an ornament, and the cabinet scholars with interlaced teeth were actually integrated into a force, and when they came out of the cabinet, Li Chunfang was so happy that it seemed useless to stay longer...... (To be continued.) )

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