Chapter 355(2/3)
Yang Ling raised high and gently put down, giving face to all officials and giving steps to the emperor, asking the emperor to be a grand burial for the Empress Dowager, to support Lingchangping, and to fulfill his filial piety to his descendants. This proves that the emperor knew that there was something wrong and made up for the sin of despising etiquette and law that day.
He wanted him to reflect on this? Well, isn’t this also reflected on it? Punishing the administration of officials and punishing corrupt officials, for example, are the only means for the court to govern the country. Li Shimin had two days of magic weapon to govern the world, one of which was the Qing administration of officials. Who dared to say that such a major behavior was not reflective and insightful, and took action? The emperor admitted his mistake and took practical actions. Who would continue to make trouble? Isn’t that nonsense and sensationalism?
As for the emperor, Emperor Zhengde was most angry. He was obviously kind-hearted, but at most he used improper metaphors. The ministers said that it was like the sky collapsed and the earth was sinking. He had to force him to issue an edict to punish him. Zhengde could not hide his face and would rather make a breakup than to disobey this softness.
Now he is asked to help Changping. As the emperor's grandson, he should have given spirits to the emperor's grandmother, but now he is just increasing the specifications. He walks down from time to time on the road, wears mourning clothes, and personally takes two steps to the coffin. What is this? The grandson supports the coffin for his grandmother, and there is no price reduction. He has asked him to reflect on and correct his mistakes, and he has also changed it here. When it comes to eliminating corruption and eliminating the administration, Zhengde will naturally accept it.
Although Zhengde was not afraid of the threats of those officials, this matter was dead here, but the words fell into the hands of others. He was so annoyed that he was already very upset. When he heard that this method was acceptable, he couldn't help but be happy: "It's still Yang Shidu's ability. If all officials say this, he is not anxious and sarcastic, can I turn against them?"
Zhengde hurriedly said, "Your dear said so much, I agree. What else do you have to say?"
The ministers looked at each other. Although they did not achieve their respective goals, it would be good to solve the problem successfully when things went to this point. Even in order to save the more than one hundred butts outside the palace gate, they could not ignore the current affairs. They continued to be bullied with the emperor, so the ministers responded: "The emperor is wise."
Zhengde finally changed into a smile and said kindly: "Everyone is calm!"
Liu Jin also felt relieved: "It turns out that it wasn't a complaint from me, but if he disturbed me like this, the Minister of Rites would not be able to defeat the situation."
Liu Jin was regretful and suddenly thought of purging local officials, and his mind suddenly became warm again: "This is a fat man, and his body is so fat. If this man takes me into my hands, how many gifts should I receive, how many confidants should I put in, and how many people should I punish?"
Liu Jin immediately flashed out from the pillar and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I am deeply convinced by Duke Yang's words. When it comes to pursuing the administration, I am favored by the emperor and held the rituals and supervision. There are three factories and one guards under it, and they will investigate the world. It is in line with this important task. I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty and devote all your efforts to the death."
When Lao Liu often heard the ministers say these words, he was excited and even said a few words.
Emperor Zhengde was about to nod, but Yang Ling hurriedly took the lead and said, "Emperor, I mean to purify the government of the world. It is not appropriate to make a big move at present. Moreover, it is necessary to send personnel to investigate. It is prolonged and not to treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
When he heard Liu Jin volunteering, Yang Tinghe, Wang Hua and others became anxious and were about to make suggestions to stop him. When he saw Yang Ling coming forward, he was secretly happy and stopped.
Zhengde is getting closer to his future brother-in-law now. Zhengde is experiencing his feelings in his work. If he likes you, then he will do whatever he wants. He will hate you. You are just an egg. He can also pick out a bone.
When he saw that Yang Ling was opposed, Zhengde did not think it was offensive. He asked: "What good advice does Yang Qing have? Just say it."
Liu Jin glanced at this enemy who was bad for his good deeds, and his teeth were itchy.
Yang Ling ignored him and continued, "Emperor, the officials of Bazhou are so corrupt, they are simply corrupt. Most of the officials in the palace are corrupt, and thieves are rampant. It is probably difficult to find such a place among the prefectures and counties near the capital. It is because the Feng Shui of Bazhou is not good, and all the corrupt officials in the world are concentrated in Bazhou? Obviously not!
The reason is that I think there are two reasons. One is that the eunuch guard Zhang Zhong is the highest official in Bazhou. The upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked, and he takes the lead in greed and blackmails the people. Naturally, the officials follow the example."
Zhengde snorted heavily and said, "This Zhang Zhong is a great crime to harm one side. If he hadn't followed Yang Qing's plan to quickly and calm the people, I would have dismembered his five horses, so how could he have spared him!"
As he said that, he glanced at Liu Jin who was standing aside and blamed him: "Liu Jin, the Sili Supervisor chose to send a guard to the police. You should choose carefully. Such people with misbehavior, greedy and vicious behavior will inevitably harm one side when they are in the palace. You are not responsible for your responsibility!"
Liu Jin cursed inwardly: "Are you pulling the matter on my head? Just want to hurt me?"
But facing the emperor, he did not dare to show any displeasure, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "I know the guilt, I know the guilt, I know the guilt, I take charge of the rituals and supervision, and everything is complicated. Zhang Zhong is usually well-behaved and docile, and I have no wise eyes and don't know what people are......"
Emperor Zhengde couldn't help laughing and scolded, "Smart eyes? What kind of wisdom eyes do you want to have? If you have enough, you will be careful in the future." In one sentence, this sin was exposed.
"Yes, yes," Liu Jin quickly got up and glanced at Yang Ling with a hint of pride.
Yang Ling said: "Actually, this is not a big deal for Eunuch Liu. People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and some people are hard to see through for the rest of their lives. When Zhang Zhong was by the emperor, he was frightened by the rules in the palace. The emperor was majestic and afraid of the law. He naturally followed the rules and did not dare to make mistakes.
When he was in the local area, no one dared to take care of him. People who were not greedy or evil would gradually develop greed and evil. This is the transformation from good to evil. Zhang Zhong did not hide the claws of the evil wolf, but at that time he had not yet grown sharp claws for evil, and Eunuch Liu could not predict the past and future. How could he expect that once he was in power, he would do evil?"
Liu Jin felt his hair stand up a little, and he had heard of the word "Sword" that Yang Ling would say good things to him and help him get rid of it. Even if the sun comes out from the north, he would not believe it!
Zhengde nodded repeatedly and said, "What you said is reasonable. According to your opinion, how should we punish the administration?"
Yang Ling said: "The sages educated and refused to give up the law; the Buddha was compassionate and also had Vajra's eyes. Serious laws and regulations are crucial. But how to cast the law? I think it is better to be careful than to govern. Take Bazhou as an example. If Zhang Zhong was so afraid of the law and timid in the palace, why would this be?
It is precisely because of the loss of constraints and supervision that officials are corrupt. If officials in the world are punished with cruel laws, it will be difficult to cure them. After the new officials monopolize local power, they will be the only one who is the only one who is fearless and has a lucky mentality, and will continue to embezzle them one after another. In that way, corrupt officials will be killed endlessly."
Not only did Zhengde nod when he heard this, but even the civil and military officials could not help but nod.
Emperor Taizu ruled the world with strict law, and then peeled the grass after embezzling 60 taels of corruption. He stood at the yamen to warn the officials later. Didn’t they still be greedy? These officials were also afraid that the emperor would really start a bloody and terrifying war against corruption and disrupt the world.
Yang Ling paused and said in a shocking voice: "So, I think that officials are unscrupulous and corruption are the responsibility of supervisors. If the six departments, the Inspectorate, the Hanlin Academy, the Inspectorate, etc. can perform their duties, then Zhang Zhong and others will always worry that what they do will reach the heavens' listening, and that his bad deeds will be invisible to the emperor.
The censors are the emperor's eyes and ears for law enforcement and the pioneer of corruption. Therefore, if you want to clear the administration of officials, you must first investigate the fundamentals and find out that these yamen are either mediocre and inaction, embezzlement and bribery, or are sad for tigers, so that they can truly play a role, so that the sea will be peaceful and the world will be peaceful and peaceful, just around the corner."
Zhengde was very happy: "What a Yang Ling. I'm helping me vent my anger! These garbage officials have been looking for my faults all day long. This method is good. Don't you let me reflect on my crimes and correct my mistakes seriously? Then I have already reflected on my crimes, just reflect on my mistakes, and check how many honest officials and dirty officials are you guys who are full of benevolence and morality. You deserve it!"
But what the ministers thought was not that simple. Purging the six departments and thirteen departments, the Inspectorate, the Hanlin Academy, and the Inspectorate? These yamen were the main battlefield where Yang Tinghe and Liu Jin fought with each other. The forces of both sides were intertwined, and some yamen had the upper hand at Liu Jin's territorial power. Some yamen had the upper hand, but all the local yamen had the opposite troops, and they were in a stalemate. Now they could not decide the winner.
If they have done nothing recently, they have done nothing. With Yang and Liu, two bigwigs, you shoot cold arrows in the court, and I shoot cold guns openly and secretly. These officials belong to each other's camps, and are often found by their opponents to attack and impeach and be dismissed. The officials are all in internal strife, and they don't care about the responsibility of censors and supervision. Today, they work together to impeach the emperor. This is the first time that they have stopped in half a year.
When he was so sensitive and in such a complicated situation, Yang Ling suddenly proposed to rectify the department, what is he going to do?
Liu Jin and Yang Tinghe immediately became alert. Yang Tinghe took a step forward and was about to find a way to stop him. Jiao Fang, who had been standing there, suddenly moved. The old guy rushed ahead of Yang Tinghe and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks it is inappropriate. The administration is corrupt, and we look back at the origin. The old minister also thought that we should start from the law of science. If the law of science is not clear, how can we clean the officials? But this...... is easier to implement than to completely tie up the officials in the world, but there are still many concerns."
Emperor Zhengde said with great interest: "Safe? What are your concerns? Mr. Jiao Ge said it."
"Old minister obeys the order!" Jiao Fang narrowed his eyes and twisted his beard and said, "Emperor, the censor of Kedao is responsible for supervising all officials, inspecting counties and counties, and correcting unjust and imprisonment. He is the official who inspects the officials. Now, who will investigate them? If the officer of Kedao is asked to investigate himself, protect each other and take care of each other, it will completely lose the purpose of purging them.
If officials are selected from the court to investigate, it means that the local officials under supervision will investigate the officials responsible for the inspection. Over the years, officials have been inspected by censors, and some officials will inevitably have some personal grievances. Now they are asked to investigate the Kedao, and the Kedao officials will be afraid, and it is difficult to ensure that the officials sent to investigate the land can be completely upright and not hold personal grievances.
Once this case is opened, the officials of the Department will worry that the officials they supervised will investigate their cases in reverse at any time, and they will be afraid of each other. For personal reasons, they will inevitably excuse each other, resulting in the corruption of discipline."
As soon as this was said, the officials thought it was right. If the censors dare not speak, it would be a big deal.
Emperor Zhengde also knew that although those censors were annoying and often used trivial matters to make ends meet, Emperor Taizu set up a censor in the Dao, and at least at present, there is no way to supervise officials more reasonably than them.
Therefore, Zhengde couldn't help but hesitate: "The censors of the court will open up the imperial court and investigate the words and deeds of all officials. They have a great relationship, but they should not be touched lightly. This matter..."
There was more than Jiao Fang, who had already received Yang Ling's secret advice, and Yang Yiqing had already been holding back his energy and waiting there. Although Yang Ling could not clearly predict today's situation, the general method and strategy were to make a decision long ago. Just a little correction of the speech, it was naturally not difficult for Yang Yiqing to do this.
Seeing this, Yang Yiqing, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, knew that he should take action. So he coughed and turned to his head and said, "The emperor, the censor of the court, the words and deeds of all officials are indeed related to it. It is precisely because the censor of the Ministry of War is related to it, so the censor of the Ministry of War is absolutely corrupt. Otherwise, how can we open the path of the Ministry of War be responsible for it, survey the bureau, and clarify the law?
I think that what Duke Yang said is very true, and Mr. Jiao Ge was very worried. In fact, as long as he uses it properly, he can achieve the purpose proposed by Mr. Yang and avoid the consequences that Mr. Jiao Ge was worried about."
Yang Tinghe is a talented person and is loyal to the country, but he is not open-minded enough. When he first entered the court and became an official, he was not in harmony with each other because of his temper and nature. He was young and vigorous, and had a rift. Both of them were arrogant and arrogant, and they were also proud of their talent and learning and refused to bow to each other, so they became opponents.
At this time, when Yang Yiqing was making a fool of himself, Yang Tinghe immediately retorted and sneered, "How to use it? Mr. Yang talked and talked for a long time. All officials wanted to listen to it because they wanted to know how to use it, but unfortunately, they still don't know."
When the ministers were neutral, a low laugh came from him, and Liu Jin was also happy: It's so good today. Jiao Ge Lao didn't know what medicine he took, so he sang an opposite tune with Yang Ling. Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing had another entanglement. You make trouble. You can make trouble. Even if the trouble is the better, the more chaos, our family will be able to make trouble."
Yang Yiqing smiled slightly and said, "It is not that the lower officials are ignorant and mysterious. How to use it? The emperor is wise and wise, and he has already done something similar. He has not tried much to talk about it."
The emperor had already figured it out. When the ministers heard this, they immediately looked at Zhengde in surprise. Zhengde was confused when he heard Yang Yiqing's words. After hearing that, all the civil and military officials looked at each other, with admiration in surprise. They felt a sense of admiration and admiration. They stood up unconsciously and their figure became straight.
He straightened his back and straightened his figure. He had not yet come out of his mind, but this would not make him feel bad. He could be fooled by the chiefs of the three guards of the three Jurchens on Baideng Mountain, and could not deceive these ministers?
Emperor Zhengde coughed twice, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Well..., what Yang Aiqing said is so much, this... I really thought of it. Hahaha, it seems that all the ministers don't understand yet, just tell them."
Yang Yiqing smiled slightly, bowed and said, "I obey the order", and then turned to face the ministers and said, "All colleagues know that the Jinyiwei specializes in major illegal matters, but in order to restrict the Jinyiwei and prevent them from indulging power, the East Factory was established to supervise the Jinyiwei, and then the West Factory was supervised by the East Factory. At the beginning of the emperor's ascension, an inner factory was established to supervise the East Factory, which was linked together and restrained each other to prevent one from dominating power and taking advantage of one's power.
Nowadays, all officials are in charge of power and governing the people. If the officials supervise each other, they will inevitably indulge each other because they are afraid of it. However, if another person supervises the censor of the Department is set up and does not belong to the officials in the court, then this kind of disease will not arise.
For example, among the great ministers and ministers, select personnel with both moral integrity and talent and reputation, and are specialized in supervising the Ministry of Justice. They are not in the court and are not related to the Ministry of Justice and all officials, and have a unique status.
In addition, all officials are permanent, and the officials are selected according to the orders of the Ministry of Justice. The personnel are not determined, and the orders are completed and the orders are returned to their own orders. If the work is necessary next time, the local personnel may not be selected. This can prevent them from interfering in the government affairs and profiting from it. It should be impartial.
My great ministers and ministers of the Ming Dynasty are not allowed to be officials in the court, but since the regular court, the emperor often selects personnel from the court and holds specific positions, such as suppressing rebellions, filing cases, and on missions. After the matter is completed, he still does not involve government affairs and has never disrupted the government. It is also a special case to purify the subjects of the imperial court, and to select personnel from the royal relatives, and to be the right candidates, which is not considered contrary to the ancestral rules."
Jiao Fang suddenly realized his mind and slapped his hands and said, "So that's the case, the old minister is dull and the emperor is wise. This is a wonderful statement."
Wang Hua followed up and bowed and said, "The emperor is wise, I will discuss it!"
A group of officials immediately followed in the crowd and bowed one by one: "The emperor is wise, I am solemn to discuss it."
Zhengde saw it and said happily: "Since all the families agree with this method, you can look at the royal family and the relatives, the ministers and the meritorious officials, who can do the task according to the order?"
This set of mysterious punches was dazzled, and only now did he see some tricks. Zhang Cai and Cao Yuan were one step ahead of Liu Jin. Realizing that Jiao Fang and Yang Yiqing's double act were secretly murderous intent, the two immediately shook Liu Jin. Unexpectedly, Liu Jin was staring at Yang Ling, speculating on the real intention of these people with suspicion, and did not pay attention to their winks.
When Zhang Cai saw that the emperor also agreed, he knew that the matter was irreversible. He was anxious and had no time to ask for Liu Jin's advice. He hurriedly came out and said, "Emperor, since this is the case, I recommend Duke Cheng. Cheng's husband is old and has a great prestige and can bear this responsibility."
Among Xunqing, only Duke Cheng's prestige and connections can compete with Yang Ling and come forward to block others' mouths. Moreover, this husband is well versed in protecting himself and never offends others easily. Even if he can't stand it, he will not risk offending Liu Jindi to crack down on people from Liu Jin's faction. If he just catches a few people to beat and deal with errands, he will be injuring his skin and will not be a big deal.
Liu Yu also reacted at this time and realized Yang Ling's motives. Yang Ling spent a lot of effort to not only eliminate and fight, but also resolved the danger of the officials being punished by the officials, but also took advantage of the opportunity of the officials asking the emperor to correct his crimes and rebel against the generals. This was to take the opportunity to suppress the power of the territorial power in Kedaoli.
Taking advantage of Yang Ling's opportunity to be out of the capital, Eunuch Liu asked the Ministry of Personnel to assess officials, investigate the treasury, rectify corruption, and almost all of the eighteen martial arts were taken out. Only then did he firmly stand on the side of the cabinet and gain a place in the Land of Kedao, which made the Land of Kedao paralyzed and did nothing more.
Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe are now helpless in dealing with Liu Jin. They even kept showing weakness and giving in because Kedao could no longer form a consensus public opinion and could no longer have an impact on the emperor. Yang Ling wanted to take the opportunity to rectify Kedao and drive away the Liu faction.
The power in the court has always been in control of two forces. One is the administrative system that controls the rank, assessment, title and reward of officials, and the other is the Kedao system that supervises officials, inspects counties, and corrects unjust prisons. If Yang Ling succeeds, Kedao will return to Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe, then they can compete with Eunuch Liu.
After Liu Yu changed to Liu Jin's party, he was always a little guilty and did not dare to face Yang Ling. However, thinking of this, he didn't care about so much and hurriedly came out to report: "Your Majesty, this method is very good. I think that although Cheng Guo Duke has a prestige, it may not be suitable for old age and weak body. As a royal relative, Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, can be the right candidate."
The Censor Wang Liangchen of the Supervisor responded and said, "If you use the Marquis of Shouning, you should be appointed as the Prince of the Consort Cai Zhen as the imperial envoy!" Cai Zhen married Princess Chun'an, the third daughter of Yingzong, who is of a very high age. Emperor Zhengde had to call him grandfather, and he was also upright and honest, so he could do it naturally.
Liu Jin wanted to curse her in hatred: "What are these fools and wastes? What are the suggestions for helping us? It is better to let the emperor take back his life than to use anyone. You are opposed. As soon as you object, our family will immediately agree, and maybe we will persuade the emperor to change his mind. Isn't this a matter of recommendation? If you send me a hero and a hero, how could Yang Ling be missing? All the bastards are a bunch of bastards!"
In fact, he compromised his subordinates. As soon as Yang Ling made this suggestion, they wanted to object, but they never expected that Jiao Fang, who had been shaking the flag for Yang Ling, would jump out and sing the opposite tune first. Jiao Fang is the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and Li Dongyang is not there, Jiao Fang is the boss of the Cabinet, and his status is much higher than them. He can't rush to talk to Jiao Fang, so he had to see why Jiao Fang was "rebellious".
Jiao Fang's reason was very powerful, and even the emperor was shaken, so how could they have to come forward? But who knew that Yang Yiqing had popped up again. This scum of scholars, a soldier gangster, was really worse than Jiao Fang. As soon as he opened his mouth, he said it was the emperor who thought of a solution, and then he said it for the emperor. The emperor admitted that it was his idea, so he had no courage to refute it. At this point, he had to try his best to remedy it.
Yang Tinghe watched coldly, and he had already seen clearly. He had had enough of Liu Jin's aura and had long hoped to carry out Yang Ling to check and balance Liu Jin, so of course he would not object to this. So although he was very unhappy with Yang Yiqing, he still gave a speech: "Your Majesty, there is a suitable candidate at the moment, so why bother to look far away? I recommend Duke Wei Yangling to investigate the science and technology."
A group of officials including Wang Hua, Minister of Rites Li Duo, Minister of Rites Wei Shen, Minister of Justice, and other ministers of Justice, immediately responded: "I am following the proposal!" "I am following the proposal!"
In Zhengde's heart, Yang Ling was the best candidate. Yang Tinghe and others recommended Zheng to him. Zhengde glanced at Yang Ling who was standing next to him, and said a little disgustedly: "Yang Qing, since everyone is expected, you can do it.
I know that you are still busy outside in the first month of the year, and you have worked harder. Now you are in charge of the matters of the imperial palace. This is how you can choose between royal relatives and relatives, honorary ministers and ministers. Just choose and find a few more helpers. It will be easier."
Yang Ling smiled faintly, glanced at Liu Jin with a pale face and bowed, "Eating the king's fortune and worrying is the duty of the minister. The minister must do his best to purify the minister's principles. Please rest assured!"
The mandarin duck embroidered pillows were stacked together, Yang Ling lay high on top, with his hands pillowing under his neck, and his face was full of a comfortable smile. This is Yu Tangchun's boudoir. After renovating and sorting the mansion, the storage room between the two houses was cancelled. The room was bigger and the embroidery bed was replaced with a larger one.
Sister Yu was wearing a white silk dress that was as sharp as a snow-trained white silk dress, with her shoulders shaved and a ribbon tied with her waist. She was squatting beside the bed, washing Yang Ling's feet, and the man was squatting there. In the veil thin as a cicada's wing, there were two traces of seductive fat jade on the edge of the pale strapless breast. Her belly was flat and narrow, her fragrant navel was round and shallow, and her slender waist was not enough to hold it. Her legs were slender and white.
The newly washed body has pink lips and tender cherry lips. Although the cheeks have not been coated with rouge fingers, they are as faint as smoke and powdery as powder. A moist black hair and black hair are loosely covered, reflecting the pretty face, showing a delicate and charming color.
Such a peerless beauty and such a spring scenery in the room may not be destined to see it for several lifetimes. Yang Ling's eyes stared at the top of the tent without paying attention at all.
Finally the battle began, Yang Ling felt inexplicably excited. Perhaps no matter how calm and peaceful the man was, there was a kind of warlike factor hidden in his heart. The victory of the first battle made Yang Ling feel like drinking wine and drunkenness. The pleasure was no less than embracing a beauties like Yu Tangchun, who were so happy to go to Wushan together.
To be continued...