Chapter 106 106 Merits and Demerits Offset Each Other?

As the Japanese pirates retreated back to the sea, the Japanese invasion of Zhejiang prefectures was temporarily quelled from April of the 31st year of Jiajing.

In Beijing, the Supreme Emperor was furious about this incident, and the efficiency of the Ming court finally improved a little.

"Think about it again. If there are no loopholes, we will report it like this."

In Wenyuan Pavilion, located east of Beijing Zijing City, Yan Song, Lü Ben and the newly promoted cabinet minister Xu Jie sat at the top, and the six ministers were discussing government affairs at the bottom.

The Ming Dynasty initially followed the Yuan Dynasty system, established the Secretariat, and appointed the left and right prime ministers, but after the Hu Weiyong case, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Secretariat and the prime minister, and the power returned to the six ministries.

After that, the Wenhua Palace University Scholar was appointed as its advisor, which was the prototype of the cabinet.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne and became emperor, he also worked hard at the beginning, but repeated northern expeditions made him feel that it was difficult to take charge of government affairs, so the cabinet system came into being.

The cabinet ministers' preparatory work began from then on. However, at that time, those who entered the cabinet were all officials of compilation, inspection, and lecture. They did not have subordinates and were not allowed to monopolize the various departments. The various departments were not allowed to report on their affairs.

At this time, the cabinet only served as Zhu Di's secretary.

After several emperors, the power of the cabinet gradually grew.

The suggestions of the cabinet ministers were written on a piece of paper and pasted on the memorial, which was called "piaoni", and the emperor used red words to make instructions, which was called "pihong".

However, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the emperor's "pihong" became a symbol, and he directly delegated power to the Silijian, thus giving rise to the saying of the division of the inner and outer courts.

The institutions of the inner and outer courts of the Ming Dynasty were completely symmetrical. There was the cabinet outside, the Silijian inside, the three judicial departments outside, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei inside, the governors and governors sent to the local areas in the outer court, and the eunuchs sent to the local areas by the inner court also had eunuchs and eunuchs.

In this way, the inner and outer courts restrained each other to ensure the emperor's decision-making position.

However, this also caused a struggle for power between the two major political forces inside and outside.

"Remove the Zhejiang Provincial Government Counselor Cao Bian from his post and return to his hometown for investigation; suspend the salary of the councilor Li Chong and the deputy censor Li Tingsong, and arrest and question the censor.

But the Zhejiang Provincial Censor Lin Yingji reported the Japanese pirate incident in April, and officials such as the deputy envoy of the Sea Road Li Wenjin and the deputy envoy of the sub-inspection Gu Qiao were just sitting in their positions and doing nothing. At that time, the deputy envoy of the Sea Road Ding Zhan was promoted, and they all commanded Zhang Tie to prepare for the Japanese pirates. It should be handled, and your majesty's intention cannot be violated.

But this report, Ding Zhan was dismissed as a civilian and replaced by Li Wenjin, Zhang Tie was dismissed and replaced by Zhou Yingzhen, and so on, which is a complete reversal of the handling in April, which is disgraceful."

Xu Jie said.

"Lin Yingji said that they were just sitting in their positions and doing nothing, but the people he recommended handled the situation improperly during the Japanese pirate disaster in Zhejiang this time. Shouldn't they be corrected?"

As soon as Xu Jie finished speaking, an official below asked.

Xu Jie just glanced at the person who spoke, then lowered his head and stopped talking.

In fact, he said this just to give people an explanation. Everyone knows that Li, Zhou and others are from the Yan family, and Lin Yingji is unlucky. When he encountered the Japanese invasion that had not happened in a hundred years, His Majesty was furious, what else could he do.

"Lin Yingji was given a decent decree to leave his post because of his monopoly, and depriving him of his salary for three months is just a small punishment."

The deputy assistant Lu Ben also nodded.

Xu Jie glanced at the others, and no one wanted to speak. He knew that this was the only way, and then nodded slightly.

What can I say?

It is an indisputable fact that Zhejiang was turned upside down by the Japanese pirates. It should be dealt with and rewarded. It just feels wrong that he escaped the disaster just because he was impeached by the censor.

"In addition, the Ministry of Personnel recommended Wang Rong, the Right Assistant Censor of the Shandong Provincial Censorate, to supervise military affairs and inspect Zhejiang and Fuxing, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.

The Ministry of War proposed to appoint one lieutenant general to guard Zhejiang, and Yu Dayou, the deputy commander of the Qiongya Lieutenant General's Office, and Tang Kekuan, the deputy commander of the Zhongdu Liaison Office, to do it.

Yu Dayou will be stationed in Wentai, Ningshao and other places, and Tang Kekuan will be stationed in Fuxing, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou and other places, all under Rong's control."

As the cabinet discussed and set the rules, the memorial was soon sent to the West Garden.

For the memorial concerning Zhejiang, the Silijian immediately handed it over to the hands of Emperor Jiajing in the Wanshou Palace.

"Yu Dayou, Tang Kekuan"

Emperor Jiajing took the memorial from Huang Jin and quickly read the contents of the memorial at a glance, muttering to himself.

"Huang Jin, what do you think of these two?"

Hearing the question from Emperor Jiajing, Huang Jin hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know what these two think either."

When it comes to military and national affairs, Huang Jin is not stupid enough to casually express his opinions. He knows his master's character too well, after all, he has been with him for countless years.

If he is right, it's fine. If he is wrong, he may remember it at any time.

"Hmph."

Emperor Jiajing was not surprised to hear Huang Jin's answer. He just asked casually.

"They are cunning. The reward list is completely in accordance with the report of the Nanjing Military Department."

Emperor Jiajing stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows slightly. After a while, he opened his eyes and looked at the memorial on the table. He seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Well, at least we won a battle and did not lose face. Let the Jinyiwei check these commanders to see how capable they are."

The report of the Nanjing Military Department on the details of the Zhejiang War had been delivered to the capital a few days ago. It is certain that Zhejiang will have a great turmoil this time, but the rewards are very secretive. Only a general outline was given. Everything is subject to the emperor's decision in the capital.

For the only direct battle against the Japanese pirates and victory, the three guards of Nanzhili and Jiujiang Guards in Jiangxi naturally caught the eyes of Emperor Jiajing.

"Disobeying military orders. Merits and demerits offset each other, hum hum"

"Brother Zeng, Brother Zeng, get up quickly, the Imperial Examination Hall has announced the results."

Wei Guangde went upstairs and knocked on the door a few times. Perhaps Zeng Yuanshu was still asleep, so he heard a voice from inside for a long time, and then he shouted impatiently at the door.

"What? The results are announced?"

Zeng Yuanshu screamed in the room, and then heard a "bang", as if a heavy object fell to the ground.

When Wei Guangde and his friends walked out of the inn, many people on the street were heading to the Nanchang Imperial Examination Hall, most of them dressed like scholars, and they were naturally going to see the results.

There were also some people who were not dressed like scholars, and they were obviously people from the market, but they ran faster than them. Obviously, they should also go to see the results, but they were not concerned about whether they were on the list, but who would be the first in the case, and whether the bet ticket in their hands was gold or waste paper.

Wei Guangde and his companions finally arrived at Gongyuan Street. At this time, there were also crowds of people here. Gongyuan Street was already blocked, but even so, the latecomers kept squeezing in, completely losing their previous reserve.

"It's still too late. With so many people, when can we get in?"

Zeng Yuanshu was a little disappointed to see such a scene, and regretted that he shouldn't have drunk too much yesterday and missed the time.

"I'll lead the way in front, and Brother Zeng will protect Guangde and Yuanrui from behind."

Wu Dong said hurriedly. He has been training himself for more than a year, and he is no longer the same as before.

Wei Guangde and others followed Wu Dong's instructions and rushed to the gate of Gongyuan as Wu Dong squeezed through the crowd.