Chapter 85: The Way of Checks and Balances
"The minister knows" Jiang Huan briefly recalled, and said, "Zhang Zheng, born in the twenty-fifth year of Zhizheng, a native of Sichuan, his parents are farmers, and he entered Jinyiwei in the twentieth year of Hongwu, and the official went to Jinyiwei Town, Sichuan. β
Jiang Huan may not be able to tell the names and origins of each of his subordinates, but he knows everything about the leaders of the Jinyi Wei Envoy of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.
With a mouth and a few words, Jiang Huan gave Zhang Zheng's resume and life a rough story.
"Do you remember who promoted him to be the envoy of Sichuan Jinyi Wei Town?" asked Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Uh... Jiang Huan hesitated, but said honestly, "It was promoted by the minister." β
You can't lie about it, because you can find it out with a single lookup.
"Then did you read his resume when you promoted him?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked knowingly, not to mention anything else, just a few seconds ago, Jiang Huan had just recited it to him.
Jiang Huan was inexplicable, but since the emperor asked, he answered honestly: "The minister has seen it." β
"Recite it. β
"Yes. Jiang Huan backslipped again, "Zhang Zheng, twenty-five years oldγγγγγγγ β
"Re-back"
"Yes, Zhang Zhengγγγγγ β
"Repeat it. β
"Yes. β
After reciting it more than a dozen times in a row, Jiang Huan's mouth was dry, and his heart slowly sank to the bottom. At this moment, he should understand what he is, it must be something wrong with Zhang Zheng, and the matter is not small, as the person who promoted him, it is estimated that he will be implicated this time.
"Shouldn't it?" Jiang Huan recalled carefully, the last time Zhang Zheng wrote from there, he said that he had heard the traces of the White Lotus Sect, and he had told himself the cause and effect, and he also played the emperor with the King of Shu. 'Is there something wrong with the information?'
Peek at it, this is the feeling that something is wrong, it's just a stabbing of the sky!
Speaking of this Zhang Zheng, Jiang Huan felt that he was really wronged. In fact, since ancient times, most of China's promotions and promotions have followed a basic rule: one goes and two enters. The so-called one to two in, that is, when a resignation, whether it is because of retirement or promotion, the vacancy left is generally inherited by his deputy, that is, two, if the number is more than one, then the opinions of the person who left will generally be referred to. Of course, there are some isolated cases of taking leadership relationships and skipping the ranks. Previously, Zhang Zheng's old boss, the former envoy of Sichuan Jinyiwei Town, died of illness, and before his death, he designated Zhang Zhenglai, a thousand households under him, to succeed him. Zhang Zheng has never made any mistakes, and even has some credit, so the matter was reported to Jiang Huan here, and Jiang Huan approved it easily, the conscience of heaven and earth, he can be regarded as a seal at most, and the others are not involved at all, and even the silver has been confiscated.
"There seems to be one missing item in this positive resume" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded, interrupting Jiang Huan's thoughts.
βγγγγγ Jiang Huan took advantage of the situation and kept silent.
"I remember adding it to his file for a while, and it was written, 'Zhang Zheng, a disciple of the White Lotus Sect, killed 7,000 soldiers under the command of the King of Shu with false information. The cold voice, like a poisonous snake spitting letters, makes people shudder.
"Minister... Minister... Minister... Jiang Huan knelt on the ground, his whole body trembled, as if he was sifting chaff, his upper and lower teeth clicked together, his face was pale, and he couldn't speak.
"Hmph!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted angrily, didn't speak, stood up suddenly, flipped the table in front of him to the ground, kicked over the chairs on the left and right, and then raised his hand to pull down a few lanterns hanging around and put them on the ground.
The more Jiang Huan looked, the more frightened he became, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he was about to open his mouth to explain, when the corner of his eye swept to the ground Lao Zhang winked at him, and then put the index finger of his right hand to his mouth and made a gesture to shut up.
Jiang Huan glanced at Lao Zhang gratefully, and then followed his example, knelt deeply on the ground, and stopped talking.
The furious Zhu Yuanzhang was like a tornado, wreaking havoc in this imperial garden, pulling everything around him in his hands, and then destroying it completely, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's habit, he must vent his anger when he is angry. When he was fighting the world, he liked to kill people to vent his anger, but now that he is the emperor, he can only smash things if he wants to talk about the rules. He loved to listen to the crunch of this kind of thing before it was destroyed, and it always sounded like it reminded him of murder. For example, the sound of wood breaking is like the sound of human bones breaking, the feeling of smashing porcelain is similar to the feeling of breaking a human head, and so on.
After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped panting and returned to the small pavilion, and Lao Zhang silently got up and set up a chair for him again.
"So, it's still the peace of mind used by this group of house slaves" Zhu Yuanzhang sat down on the chair, sighed in his heart, and then his eyes were stunned, and some inspiration seemed to flash in his mind, but unfortunately he didn't catch it in a flash.
After gasping for breath twice, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and asked, "Last time you said that Lan Yu's son was taken away by the people of the White Lotus Sect?"
"Yes. Jiang Huan didn't dare to say much, only said one word.
"And that little scholar named Xu Ruyi together?"
"Yes. β
"Is the news reliable?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Are you sure it was the White Lotus Sect?"
"Sure. Jiang Huan nodded heavily and said, "There are all kinds of traces at the scene, as well as the martial arts used by witnesses, as well as the summary and analysis of intelligence from all parties, the minister is sure that this matter must be done by the White Lotus Sect, and it is Tang Sai'er, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, who personally stepped out." β
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lao Zhang beside him, and Lao Zhang nodded without a trace.
"That's it... Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought.
"Jiang Huan. Zhu Yuanzhang asked softly, "You say, what are your Jinyiwei?"
"What is Jin Yiwei? Jin Yiwei is Jin Yiwei? What kind of question is this?" Jiang Huan secretly slandered Zhu Yuanzhang's question in his heart, and he didn't know how to answer. At this moment, there were a few crisp bird calls from the sky, and Jiang Huanfu was in his heart, and said loudly, "Jinyi Wei, also known as Jinyi's army, is a goshawk and a vicious dog in the hands of His Majesty. β
"It's good that you understand. There was a sneer on the corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, "This incident made me very passive." The White Lotus Sect will inevitably cause chaos in Shu, which is nothing, but in this way, it will disrupt my arrangements in the court. β
"Does Your Majesty need anything else from your ministers?" Jiang Huan asked cautiously.
"That's it, that's it. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "Lan Yu's side, you prepare again, don't move him in the near future, the time is wrong." Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his leg and kicked Jiang Huan hard: "You go down first, next time remember to put your eyes brighter, what's the use of you keeping people's eyes if you can't see clearly? β
"Thank you, Your Majesty for not killing," Jiang Huan slammed his head on it, and when he lifted it again, it was already bruised, "Weichen retreated. β
On the dragon book case in the imperial study, there is a large white paper, and several circles on it are connected by lines, and the circles are either a name or a force, which are related to each other and form a big net.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of the bookcase, looked at this network carefully, the tip of the pen hung in the air, and fell into deep thought.
The weaver of this net was Zhu Yuanzhang, and it only took him a quarter of an hour to draw it, but when he carefully examined this net, he found that this net was not perfect enough, and there were omissions that he had not found before, and this was something he could not tolerate.
"The civil officials have me, the emperor, to check and balance, and without the existence of the prime minister, the civil officials are just a plate of scattered sand, so there is nothing to worry about. Zhu Yuanzhang muttered, and the tip of the pen lightly crossed the circle symbolizing the emperor and civil officials.
"The vassal king and the foreign Fanyi check and balance each other, although the vassal king is powerful, but the court has great righteousness after all, and I also left Changxinghou, Cao Guogong and them, it is no big problem. On the white paper, three more circles were ticked off.
"White Lotus Sectγγγγγ Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated a little, and then also picked up the pen and ticked it off, "I left behind the three sects and seven factions in the rivers and lakes, as well as the existence of the Wulin League, coupled with the cooperation of the local government, if this can make him turn against the sky, then I will also admit it."
As Zhu Yuanzhang's pen tip fell repeatedly, the white paper was stained with ink, and one circle after another was hooked by him, and in the end, on the white paper, only one circle was left that had not been hooked.
Zhu Yuanzhang's pen tip stopped at the top of a circle, and it didn't fall for a long time.
"Sure enough, there was an omission, I didn't notice it before, it's really strange. Zhu Yuanzhang put down the pen, then sat down on the chair and thought quietly.
In the circle that has not been ticked off, three big characters are drawn with gold and silver, and the murderous "Jinyi Guard" is full of murder