Wang Zhi came to the cabinet.

The eunuchs who sent messages to the emperor were all in this posture, kneeling on their knees when they were in the palace, and as soon as they came out, even if they were facing the cabinet elders, they were all forced.

Even if Wang Zhi is an unpopular eunuch, he is now sending a message to the emperor, and he is also arrogant, which is not arrogant, but can only be said to be very in line with the common sense of eunuchs.

"Disturb your old pavilions, slaves and maids come to pass a message to Your Majesty."

"Does Your Majesty have an edict?" Chen Xun, the second assistant who was in the cabinet office, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly led everyone to bow.

Wang Zhi noticed that there was no one missing, and asked as if he had no intention of asking, "What about Wang Ge Lao?" ”

"Elder Wang Ge is sick at home today, so he didn't come." Chen Xun said.

Wang Zhi nodded and said, "What Your Majesty wants to say is not a word, I just want to ask the opinions of the elders, should we open the capital at this time?" ”

Jingcha?

As soon as these two words came out, it can be said that they woke up the person in the dream.

Jingcha is no small matter.

Jingcha, as the name suggests, is to carry out a large-scale investigation of whether the Beijing officials are competent during their tenure of office.

Those who are determined to be imprudent and soft will be dismissed, those who are impetuous and incompetent will be demoted, and those who are old and sick will be ordered to retire.

During the Hongwu period, it was stipulated that the Beijing inspection should be opened once every three years, and during the later orthodox years, it was changed to once every ten years.

Officials above the fourth rank were personally inspected by the emperor, and officials below the fourth rank were inspected by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so the pressure on officials in these two places would be very great.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of this thing was good, and the purpose was to reward the good and punish the bad, so that officials at all levels could fulfill their duties and contribute to the governance of the country.

However, it is precisely because of the rewards and punishments of officials involved that the phenomenon of forming parties such as favoritism and irregularities is very obvious, and during the orthodox years, only one Jingcha was conducted.

Half a month before and after that Jingcha, the yamen of the various ministries and institutes of the Beijing Division had already received the news, that is to say, before the Jingcha, who should be dismissed, who should remain in office, and who should be promoted, the quota has actually been decided.

Jingcha, but it's just a formality.

"The chief is often in the name of leniency, and only a few people are deposed in each Beijing Chacha, and the story is false, and the rest is favorable, and the impeached person is inevitably wronged."

The last time Jingcha was in the twelfth year of orthodoxy, and now it has been three years, and it stands to reason that Jingcha will not be opened for no reason, and even if Jingcha is to, it will give a time to react.

Zhu Di's sudden proposal for Jingcha this time, although it has not yet been officially decreed, has already sounded the alarm for officials at all levels, because they are almost unprepared.

No one's buttocks are clean, and if you really want to conduct a Jingcha in the near future, then don't do anything else, just be busy wiping your butts.

If you can't wipe it clean, it's a lifetime thing.

Judging from the current means by which Emperor Jingtai launched a coup d'état to seize power, this Jingcha will inevitably be earth-shattering, and a large number of officials will be dismissed, which is also an almost certain result.

Chen Xun has already understood the emperor's true intentions, and I have to say that he is really clever.

Now, because of the Zen throne ceremony, the ministry has to nominate several well-known officials to preside over the review of the so-called handwritten letter of the emperor that Wang Cheng brought back from Wara.

This kind of thing itself takes time, and suddenly there is news that a Beijing inspection will be held, and no matter whether the news is true or not, there will certainly be a large number of officials who want to protect themselves.

In this way, the opposition will be much smaller, and many old ministers of the Sun family will also be anxious, you know, in order to become officials, people can do anything.

Wang Zhi left after passing the word, leaving behind a bunch of cabinet ministers who were messy in the wind.

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Emperor Jingtai wanted to visit Jingcha, which was simply explosive news.

What is it equivalent to?

This is equivalent to Zhu Di suddenly throwing a big stone into the calm lake, and the next moment, it must be a stirring splash, and layers of ripples.

In order to protect themselves in Beijing, officials below the fourth rank will tend to be attached to the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it is foreseeable that Wang Zhi, who is the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, is suddenly on the cusp of the storm, so don't think about peace.

According to the rules, the court officials above the fourth grade must be personally inspected by the emperor, that is to say, as soon as the Beijing inspection is opened, who will stay and let people get out of the way, it is completely up to Zhu Di himself.

Zhu Di has seized power through a coup d'état not long ago, and without the constraints of the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei, the result of Jingcha is almost Zhu Di's words.

At the juncture of the imperial court holding a Zen ceremony, whether to help the emperor speak and continue to be a shameful official, or continue to go his own way and oppose the holding of a Zen ceremony, it all depends on their choice.

It is foreseeable that the court will not be as peaceful as before for a period of time in the future, and the court officials above the fourth rank will inevitably attack each other in order to please the emperor.

And Zhu Di secretly prepared all the matters of the Zen Concession Ceremony during this period.

"Your Majesty, this is a transcript of the impeachment of officials against each other, please look at it." Wang Zhi brought a stack of books, and Zhu Di picked up a copy casually, and immediately looked a little surprised.

This recital is actually impeached by Yu Qian?

Zhu Di came to be a little interested, since the defense of Beijing, Yu Qian's prestige is very high, and this is the first person to impeach Yu Qian.

There was some banter in Zhu Di's eyes, he wanted to see how Yu Qian would deal with this kind of crisis.

You must know that as long as there is a first time in everything, there will be a second time, and there will be no fewer people who will impeach Yu Qian in the future, and with his current status, he will definitely attract red eyes.

The person who put on this recital is the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, Zheng Sipin, called Gu Yao, who can be said to have just touched the threshold of this Jingcha.

Although the left and right imperial history are only the titles of the fourth grade, the power is still quite large, and the impeachment of Yu Qian directly on the field has a great impact in the officialdom.

"What does he want to do, is he afraid that the court will not be chaotic enough?"