Zhang Fengqi smiled: "Other duties? Brother Yang, the power of the officials is unimaginable, they can admonish the emperor, leave and right the way, impeach and picket hundreds of officials, and inspect the local officials. It can be said that the yamen at all levels from the central center to the localities, from the emperor to the hundred officials, from the major national affairs to the lives of the people, are all within the scope of the supervision and speech of the officials.

The six branches also enjoy the power to refute the matter, even if the cabinet votes, the emperor's decree, if the six departments think it is inappropriate, it can also be dismissed. ”

"So much power?" Yang He couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this.

Zhang Fengqi said with a smile: "Yes, the power is very great, but the grade is very low, except for a few people such as Du Yushi, who are of higher grade, the supervision of the imperial history is only the seventh grade, and the six subjects are also the seventh grade, and the seven grades are given in the matter." ”

"So low?" Yang He wondered.

Zhang Fengqi said: "This is called small to control the big, Taizu is an old man who is wise and martial, considering that the power of the official is too great, if the grade is high, it will not be able to balance these people, so the grade of these people is set very low." ”

Yang He nodded silently when he heard this.

Sighing softly, Zhang Fengqi continued: "It's a pity that the current speech officials are no longer as upright as before, and they have gradually lost their own ideas and become tools for party struggle.

At present, the Donglin Party, the Qi Party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Chu Party each have a group of speech officials, and these people attack each other all day long, ignoring the right things, and the situation in the court can be described as a mess. Now it's like this, if you open up your way again, then Daming will really be lively. ”

Yang He pondered for a while when he heard this, then looked at Zhang Fengqi and said, "Brother Zhang, I'm a little confused, listen to what you mean, it seems that only the officials in the court can speak, can't other officials speak?" ”

Zhang Fengqi smiled: "Of course you can speak, but it depends on what you say." Of course, there is no problem in reporting on one's own work, but if you dare to impeach others, then wait for you to be removed from office, if you dare to accuse the emperor, the emperor will directly pull him out and cut him down.

Even if it is an important minister like the cabinet assistant minister and the six ministers, he does not dare to talk nonsense. Speech officials, only speech officials have the power to impeach others, and even blame the emperor. Therefore, most of the people who speak above the court are speech officials, and those friends I just talked about, if there were no speech officials, they would have been driven out of the court a long time ago.

The reason why I just said that the Donglin Party's initiative to open up a wide range of speech was opposed by the rest of the parties is because they do not have an advantage in the number of speech officials in their hands, and if they let go of the way of speech, everyone can speak, then the Donglin Party will be more powerful, and the rest of the parties will be suppressed by them immediately. Therefore, the Donglin Party's proposal to open up the way of speech is not out of any public intention, but out of selfishness.

However, the rest of the parties are now having a hard time, and now many important positions in the DPRK and the Central Committee are in the hands of the Donglin Party, and this year is the year of Jingcha, and the Donglin Party will certainly make a big fuss about Jingcha. ”

Yang He heard the words and groaned: "These speech officials ignore the major affairs of the country, and only know that the party is the same and different, how can the imperial court use these people as speech officials?" Isn't there any standard for appointing officials in the imperial court? ”

Zhang Fengqi said: "Of course, there are standards, and Taizu had strict requirements for officials who served as officials.

First of all, it must be the country and forget the home, and be loyal and forget the body.

Secondly, you must be upright and upright, and you must be straightforward and outspoken.

Third, they must be knowledgeable, familiar with all aspects of government affairs in the imperial court, and able to be knowledgeable about the past and the present.

Fourth, you must have a certain career experience and be steady.

In addition, there are specific requirements for the age and origin of the speech official, as well as the ability to write articles and debate.

It's just that the current selection of speech officials is no longer the time of Taizu back then, and there are very few speech officials in this dynasty who can meet the standards of Taizu. ”

"Oh? I don't know how many other people can meet the criteria for Taizu's selection? Yang He asked.

Zhang Fengqi looked at Yang He and said with a smile: "What, Brother Yang wants to get acquainted with these people?" ”

Yang He said with a smile: "Brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to get along with these people, but I just want to know about it, so as not to have something happen to them in the future." ”

Zhang Fengqi said with a smile: "Brother Yang, it's not that my brother looks down on you, at your current level, I'm afraid I won't be able to alarm them." ”

After a pause, Zhang Fengqi continued: "But it's good for you to get to know them, maybe you will get to know them by chance in the future." ”

Saying that, Zhang Fengqi stretched out his hand and showed two fingers: "Two people, the first one is called Yang Lian, a member of the Donglin Party."

Yang Lian is a member of Wanli Ding Weike, the first time he was familiar with the county, the first in the country, and he was the first honest official in the country.

When Shenzong was critically ill, Yang Lian urged the prince to enter the palace to serve the emperor.

When Guangzong ascended the throne, he strongly opposed Zheng Guifei's request to be crowned the empress dowager.

Guangzong was seriously ill, and he wrote to Chen Guangzong's negligence.

Guangzong summoned the minister when he was critically ill, although he was not a minister, but he was also among the summons, which can be said to be in danger.

Guangzong died, Li Xuan's servant lived in the Qianqing Palace and coerced the prince to control the government, he persuaded the courtiers to come forward, broke into the Qianqing Palace, supported the prince's accession to the throne, and forced Li Xuanzhi to move out of the Qianqing Palace, stabilizing the court.

Although this person is only a seven-grade official, he has a strong temperament, is not afraid of power, and everything he does can be called earth-shattering.

The second person is called Yuan Keli, this person is Wanli Yichou Kejinshi, Wanli 19 years as the Suzhou Prefecture Governor, in office to rehabilitate the suspected prison, Yang Zhen and eliminate dirt, where there are cases, are resolute and upright, do not avoid the powerful, when the prefect relied on it as the right and left hand.

In the twenty-second year of Wanli, Yuan Keli was promoted to the imperial history of Shanxi Province, and when he left office, Wu Minqi stayed with each other and cried for a hundred miles.

When Yuan Keli was appointed to patrol the imperial history of the city, there were sometimes emperors who killed people, and all officials did not dare to ask.

At that time, whether it was the emperor's relatives or important ministers in Beijing, Yuan Keli would impeach and punish anyone who was greedy and lawless, and all the people were calling for the sky.

Later, he reprimanded Emperor Shenzong twice, and Emperor Shenzong dismissed him in a fit of rage, and he was dismissed from office for twenty-six years, until Guangzong succeeded to the throne and was reinstated.

After ascending the throne today, he was promoted to Shaoqing, and then moved to Shaoqing of Taifu Temple. ”

"Is this Yuan Keli also a Donglin Party?" Yang He asked.

Zhang Fengqi shook his head: "Yuan Keli is not a member of the Donglin Party, but he has a good relationship with some people in the Donglin Party, and he also has a good relationship with some people in the other parties. However, he is extremely upright and does not participate in party struggles.

Because this man has an excellent official reputation and is very famous in the government and the opposition, although he has contacts with people from various parties, he has made friends with officials who are both learned and have good character, so no one attacks him. ”

Yang He was silent for a while when he heard this, and nodded slowly.

Although Yang He didn't understand the year Zhang Fengqi said and what department of Jinshi, he didn't know what was going on between Shenzong and Guangzong, and he didn't even understand some of the things that Zhang Fengqi said the two of them did, but one thing was certain, these two were Qing officials who were not afraid of power.

And it can be heard that what these two people did back then was heard by the world, otherwise, it would be impossible for Zhang Fengqi to understand the details of these two people.

After pondering for a while, Yang He said: "Brother Zhang, my brother is not very clear about the structure of the imperial court, what are you talking about, what are Shangbao Divisions and Taifu Temples doing?" ”

"Hehe, these positions are known only to people in the officialdom, where will ordinary people know? To tell you the truth, if I hadn't been watching politics for a few months, I wouldn't have known what these positions were for. Zhang Fengqi said with a smile.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea, Zhang Fengqi continued: "Shang Baosi is the yamen of the palm seal, that is, the one in charge of the treasure seal, the talisman, and the seal. Divided into the inner Shang Bao Division and the outer Shang Bao Division, the seal is stored in the Inner Shang Bao Division, that is, in the palace, the imperial court departments plan to issue official documents need to use the seal, then the outer Shang Bao Division holds the opening and sticks into the seal to ask for the seal, and after the seal is used, it will be returned to the Inner Shang Bao Division by the internal supervisor.

Taifu Temple is subordinate to the Ministry of War and is responsible for the country's horse administration.

The Department of General Administration, also called Yintai, is responsible for cashiering the emperor's order, communicating the situation, guarding the departments from entering and exiting official documents, reporting the suggestions of the subjects of the Quartet, complaining about wrongs or suing for illegality, etc., and is responsible for summarizing the recitals played by local and Beijing officials during the court meeting, and confidential matters can be played from time to time. The envoy also participated in major affairs of the imperial court, such as national affairs, prisons, and ministers of civil and military affairs. It can be said that the Department of Communications is an extremely important department. ”

Yang He nodded slightly.

Yang He is naturally not idle to understand the government structure of the Ming Dynasty, Yang He understands these things because he has not been sure of the way to go in the future, or he is not very optimistic about the Ming Dynasty, he must have a detailed understanding of the Ming Dynasty, so as to decide where to go in the future.

If you want to understand the Ming Dynasty, you must first understand the government structure of the Ming Dynasty, so as to understand the system of the Ming Dynasty.

But the Ming Dynasty is different from modern times, and it is impossible for ordinary people to understand where the imperial court has functional departments.

Today, Yang He and Zhang Fengqi chatted casually, talking about these things in a hurry, it can be said that this is a rare opportunity, Yang He naturally will not let go of such an opportunity, if he asks alone in the future, it will be abrupt.

This conversation allowed Yang He to learn many things that he could not understand at all in his position, such as party disputes and the low power of officials.

Although Zhang Fengqi only told him some fur, even the fur benefited Yang He a lot.

Because of knowing these things, Yang He will try his best to avoid getting involved in party disputes in the future, and when he encounters speech officials in the future, he will not look down on these people because of the low position of speech officials, or even offend these people.

And after learning about these things, Yang He realized that some of his previous arrangements might not be a little appropriate, and he shouldn't let Hei Yunhe say good things for Xiong Tingbi, so he would participate in the party struggle.

Judging from what Zhang Fengqi said just now, plus the background of Wang Huazhen that he mastered, Wang Huazhen should be a member of the Donglin Party.

Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen don't deal with each other, obviously they are not members of the Donglin Party, otherwise, they would not be excluded and suppressed by so many people.

Judging from Xiong Tingbi's character, this person should also have a certain background, otherwise, with his personality and style, no matter how great his ability is, no one will recommend him to serve as Liaodong Economic Strategy.

But no matter which party Xiong Tingbi belongs to, now that the party competition is so fierce, he will definitely not be able to find a balance between Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen, and may even shoot himself in the foot.

With his current strength, he must not have anything to do with these parties, and even if he gets a little involved, it is very likely that he will never recover.