543. Meritorious People's Association
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When the generals from the Boy Scouts grew up, the original old people also reached the age of gradual retirement. No, just after the New Year of the tenth year of Wu Cheng, the Privy Council envoy Hong Gongzhu submitted a request for a recital.
Looking at the pale-bearded old general, Zheng Kezhang recalled with deep feelings: "I remember that if Qing hadn't arrived in time, I am afraid that I would have personally fought a bloody battle with Lin Xian and Shi Lang." If that's the case, I'm afraid that the blessings and disasters will be unpredictable, not to mention the current foundation, and even the outcome of the Battle of Dongning may not be known. ”
Hong Gongzhu was also very embarrassed, but he was still sober and didn't dare to take credit, so he said: "The saint has received the mandate of heaven, how can he be hindered by small ups and downs, the minister is just at the right time, and he doesn't dare to be greedy for heaven." Besides, these ministers are also considered to be extremely popular ministers, and the blessings they should have have enjoyed have been enjoyed, and it is time to retire and spend their days in peace. ”
"If you can get through it, it's a hurdle, and if you can't get over, it's a moat." Zheng Kezhang said with some emotion. "But Qing is right, time is gone." Zheng Kezhang also fell into a feeling of grief at the moment. "Cai Ji died of illness at the beginning of last year, and the governor of the national capital of Beibo Nilin also sent an envoy to mourn last month - Lin Xian also died, Zheng Bin was already lying on the hospital bed, and Hong Lei also wrote that he often forgot things and his days were running out." Zheng Kezang sighed faintly. "Success and defeat are all paid to the loess, and no one can escape the day of the final examination."
Speaking of this, Zheng Kezhang raised his head: "I can't bear you old ministers who share weal and pain." ”
Zheng Kezang's words have a true side, of course, there are some lies, in fact, he has always been afraid of the dominance of the queen Chen Xianqiao's mother, but all of them have gone with time, Hong Lei and Hong Gongzhu have faded out of the civil and military two ways, and his original worry is that he will no longer exist.
It is precisely because the blocks in his heart are exhausted that Zheng Kezhang is very generous to Hong Gongzhu's parting gifts: the founding of the county, the prince Shaobao, the general Zhenwei, the minister of the Bide Academy, the uncle of Fanyang County, the second-class medal, the Baoding medal, and the first-class founding Yiyun Tui Cheng Xuanli military minister, and granted Quanzhou Rongyang.
The Hung Arch Pillar is gone, and the office of the Privy Council cannot be vacant. At this time, there were two deputy envoys in the Privy Council, one was He Qian, and the other was Sun Youlao, both of whom were veteran descendants of Zheng Kezang who had mastered them when he was in the Boy Scouts. In addition, there are two members of the Privy Council, one is Feng Hui, the deputy general of Zhenbei, and the other is Tang Baoyi, the former general of Liaodong and the deputy general of the Fujun. As for the more subordinate members of the Privy Council, Yang Bokang, Wan Mintong, Xi Daping, Jin Yanzhi and his fellow Su Boping, they are not qualified enough to get into the position of Privy Councillor.
But who is the Privy Council? Zheng Kezhang was caught in the trade-off.
In fact, Feng Hui and Tang Baoyi are a few points inferior to He Qian and Sun Youlao in terms of qualifications and performance, if there is no accident, the real candidate can only choose one of He and Sun. It's just that the accident still happened, just when Zheng Kezhang hadn't made up his mind yet, Deng Lincai, the head of the Supervision Yuan, asked His Majesty to see him.
The Supervision Yuan is the third supervision department in the Huaxia Dynasty after the Military Constitutional Department of the Privy Council and the Investigation Bureau of the Inner Court, but the Military Constitutional Department of the Privy Council is keeping an eye on the internal changes of the military and does not involve civil servants, and the Investigation Bureau of the Inner Court is also forced to provide secret monitoring for Zheng Kezhang because the background of its inner court will be questioned by the government and the opposition, so on the surface, only the Supervision Yuan has the power to supervise the government and the opposition.
However, the Supervision Yuan of the Huaxia Dynasty was not the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming and Qing dynasties, nor was it the Taiwan Inspectorate of the previous dynasties. It is important to note that the Supervisory Yuan does not have the power to make a fuss, and all impeachments must be supported by clear evidence; Second, the Supervision Yuan does not have the power to directly arrest people, and even if there is clear evidence in hand, it must act through the Criminal Department in accordance with the law. This limits the Inspectorate's ability to enforce the Procuratorate, so much so that it appears that the Metropolitan Procuratorate is only a department with a high position but limited powers.
Therefore, on the one hand, the Supervision Yuan has complained quite a bit about the rules and regulations that bind its hands and feet, and on the other hand, it has also intensified its supervision over the localities.
Seeing Deng Lincai's more and more square face, Zheng Kezhang wanted to say a few words, such as "Who is Qing going to impeach today", but as the emperor of a country, every move must be watched by historians, so Zheng Kezhang had to dispel unrealistic ideas and wait for Deng Lincai to speak.
As expected, Deng Lincai opened his mouth and it was a big case: "Saint, the minister has a bullet seal to submit." ”
The chamberlain took the bullet seal, Zheng Kezhang only swept a few lines, and his brows wrung up: "Qing wants to impeach Sun Youlao?" What crime? ”
"Sun Youlao's clan brother was in the county of western Zhejiang, but he colluded with the local gentry to invade the interests of the people, and was later deprived of his post by the officials, but he didn't want to regain as a county in Guizhou a year ago." Deng Lincai told the truth of the matter. "The Supervision Yuan has investigated and found out that Sun Youlao had sent a banquet to Ye Mou, the director of the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Officials, and then his brother was reinstated." Deng Lincai said with a murderous face. "Regardless of the fact that Sun Youlao secretly bribed Ye, but just his disorderly administration is enough to punish the crime."
Sun Youlao asked for his relatives, this is actually not a strict crime, but the key point is that Sun Youlao is a military attache but interferes with the duties of the officials, which is too carried away, you must know that in all dynasties, there have always been many taboos about civil and military collusion.
Therefore, Deng Lincai is a big tiger this time, but this has created a big problem for Zheng Kezang.
To be honest, Zheng Kezhang is not sorry for Sun Youlao, but when the position of the Privy Council was vacant, the Supervisory Yuan revealed that it came forward to impeach Sun Youlao, is it really a coincidence?
If this is not a coincidence, who will ultimately have a vested interest?
Or did someone even count He Qian, who might be innocent?
And Sun Youlao has been a horse for Zheng Kezang since the beginning of the boy camp, and he can be regarded as a pivotal general in the army.
But if Deng Lincai's bullet medal is left in the middle, what will the Supervision Yuan think?
Will Deng Lincai continue to fold and make a big fuss?
Even if Deng Lincai dies down temporarily, will covering up such a major case that affects the court situation make some confused officials mistakenly think that asking for and accepting bribes in Zheng Kezang's mind is just a minor issue, so as to have an upward and downward effect?
It is precisely because of all kinds of uncertainties that Zheng Kezhang did not make a decision immediately, but just grabbed Deng Lincai's previous sentence and said: "Deng Qing, the Supervision Yuan is ordered to supervise the Quartet, but many times it is doing the work of making up for the dead, is it possible to stop incidents such as officials and gentry from abusing the people in the bud in advance?" ”
Deng Lincai didn't expect Zheng Kezhang to lead such a big article from his words, hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head and said: "I think this seems unlikely??????
"I thought it was still possible." Zheng Kezhang stood up and walked a few steps indoors. "Although the Supervision Yuan has some eyes and ears, after all, it is impossible to spread all over the country, but the Supervision Yuan has limited manpower, but there are meritorious people everywhere, and I want to put meritorious people at the county and government levels to contain the local government, what do you think."
Seeing Deng Lincai's unknown appearance, Zheng Kezhang further explained: "The meritorious people are not officials, and the meritorious people association only has the right to supervise the administration of local officials. ”
The muscles on Deng Lincai's face twitched, what kind of supervision is this? It is clearly the power of impeachment. Isn't this about removing a chunk from the few powers of the Inspectorate?
Of course, Deng Lincai wanted to object, but he couldn't clearly say that he was opposed to giving the Gongmin Association the right of impeachment, so he thought for a while and raised his objection in a roundabout way: "If the administration is bound by the Gongmin Association, won't the local officials have to do things?" Besides, if the Gongmin Association is powerful, wouldn't there be another scene of the squire controlling the county government in the Ming Dynasty? I'm afraid this is in conflict with the decision of the Holy Shangguan Mansion to go to the countryside. ”
"I think that the government is strong and the people are weak in a short period of time, so I don't have to worry about the people overpowering the local government and county, even if this situation really happens, I am ready to do it." Of course, Zheng Kezang has a lot of so-called followers, but the most critical step is to provoke the confrontation between the emerging meritorious class and the old gentry, but this approach really loses the image of the monarch of a country, so Zheng Kezhang will never announce it. However, Qing has some truth in what he said, so some restrictions can be made on the setting of the Gongmin Association, for example, only the Gongmin himself can join, and the Gongmin's family members are not allowed to join; For example, when an official is impeached, more than four-fifths of the meritorious people should be discussed, and so on??????"
Deng Lincai already knew that this matter was inevitable when he heard this, so in order to avoid losing points in politics, he said eagerly: "The minister is stupid, and the minister doesn't know that the intention of the saint is so deep??????"
After talking nonsense, Deng Lin Caijian said: "The minister thinks that this matter should be discussed with the cabinet and the ministry, and in addition, it should be tried in one or two places first, and it should not be blindly extended to the whole country." ”
"This is the construction of the old Chengmou country." Zheng Kezhang gave Deng Lincai a reassuring pill. "It's up to the Supervision Yuan to discuss it with the Cabinet and the Ministry of Officials, as for the trial, I think I can choose a few more points, so as not to generalize, in addition, once the trial is implemented, the Supervision Yuan will keep an eye on it, and I will be informed in time if there are any problems."
"Command!" Deng Lincai responded, but he didn't retreat in an interesting way, but asked Zheng Kezang. "Holy Lord, Nachen's Concerto ??????"
"The evidence of the Supervision Yuan will be transferred to the Criminal Department." Zheng Kezhang decided. "First find out what role Sun Youlao plays in it, and then discuss how to deal with it??????