Chapter 463: A memorial makes waves
When Zhu Ping'an held the pole and caught the big fish, the wind and rain that had fallen in the capital for a day gradually stopped. The moist mist filled the capital, and the trees and flowers after the rain were in full bloom. The fog is looming, like a fairyland, and the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty are singing and dancing.
At this time, the memorial that Zhu Pingan submitted to the Secretary of Transportation before leaving caused quite a stir.
At first, Zhu Ping'an's memorial was not conspicuous among a bunch of memorials praising his virtues. The left and right counselors of the General Administration Department who were responsible for the preliminary review of the memorial were numb. The memorials that were opened consecutively were all praising virtues, and there was nothing. It is worth noting that this is the case for more than ten books in this pile of memorials, so the left and right counselors of the General Affairs Department did not open them one by one for verification and just reviewed them.
The left and right counselors sorted the memorials according to the rank of the officials. After arranging the memorials, they were submitted to the superior for review according to the procedures. After being reviewed by the superior, they were forwarded to the cabinet.
There are thirty-eight memorials handed in this time, all arranged in order according to level.
"Hey, there is actually a memorial of a sixth-rank official here. Really, why would a sixth-rank official join in the fun?" After the left counselor of the General Affairs Department sorted the order, he found that the memorial at the bottom was only for official positions. It was only Grade 6, and I was more surprised than not filled with disdain and ridicule.
The youngest officials in the memorial just reviewed were all senior officials of the fourth rank. In the past, this was almost always the case. Now when I see Zhu Pingan’s memorial to a sixth-rank sesame official, I can’t help but find it a bit ridiculous. .
It is customary for those of you who are in the sixth or seventh grade to send congratulatory memorials during the holidays.
Why are you joining in the fun now? Really, I don’t even think about my identity.
"Another one who has sharpened his head and wants to take advantage of opportunities." The right counselor of the General Affairs Department also shook his head, with a mocking expression on his face, "It seems that every year there are one or two stupid young people who want to use this to get into power, but they don't know There are so many such twists and turns, the most is just one The word 'read' will eventually sink into the sea."
For the left and right counselors, there are a few such small official poems almost every year, and they are all written to praise virtues, auspiciousness and so on. I hope they will be able to do so. The emperor appreciated and reused it. However, the ideal is very full, and the reality is very skinny. This kind of memorials praising your virtues has gone out in the sea, and it is much bigger than your official position. This kind of memorials from small officials are like a drop of water falling into the sea. When they are sent to the cabinet, it is just a word. Your Majesty, this is The discounts are also made up by people's votes without even looking at them.
There are many foolish young people with beautiful dreams, but none of them have ever been promoted because of them. They have always been flowers in the well.
"Hey, Zhu Ping'an? This name seems familiar."
"The names of the officials we saw are all over the place. Maybe they are the people who asked you for help."
"That's right, who cares? For this kind of person, forget it, just let him hit the south wall and wake up." Councilor Zuo shook his head and laughed, then handed the memorial to the clerk beside him and ordered him to report it. To General Political History.
The General Affairs Envoy is the highest chief executive of the General Affairs Department, with the third rank (responsible for accepting internal and external chapters, filing memorials, sealing and refutations). When the memorial was delivered, the general envoy was working overtime to write Qing Ci. This Qing Ci was assigned by Mr. Yan Ge and he needed to write it before getting off work today and hand it over to Mr. Yan Ge.
In addition, every time Emperor Jiajing held a feast, there were a bunch of excerpts praising his virtues, and there was nothing to pay attention to. Moreover, it is also out of trust in the councilors below. The officials below have reviewed it, so I don’t have to worry about it. The Qing Ci explained by Yan Ge is still important. So as soon as this batch of memorials was delivered, the general ambassador waved his hand and asked someone to register and seal them and send them to the cabinet for processing.
As a result, Zhu Ping'an's memorial was mixed in with this batch of memorials praising his virtues. It was registered and sealed, and then directly submitted to the cabinet.
The purpose of registering memorials is to prevent powerful officials from seizing memorials privately. This is a system established when Xia Yan, the previous chief minister, was in office. All memorials submitted to the cabinet must be handled by cabinet officials and cannot be withheld or confiscated without permission.
The memorial was uneventful in the General Affairs Department, but caused an uproar in the cabinet.
The cabinet is not only composed of Yan Song and his few cabinet ministers, but also has some auxiliary officials. This batch of memorials reached the hands of the auxiliary officials first.
The previous memorials were all about praising virtues, with different kinds of praises. When it came to Zhu Ping'an's memorial, the officials responsible for inspecting it were the same as the officials from the General Affairs Department. They smiled with some disdain. Officials also come to join in the fun.
"Oh, Zhu Pingan, this is the number one scholar this time, let's see how the number one scholar praises his virtues." The official in charge smiled and opened Zhu Pingan's memorial.
Just by looking at it like this, the smile on the official's face disappeared and suddenly became very solemn.
"Mr. Dong, what's wrong with you?" Another official was curious.
The official surnamed Dong did not say anything and passed the memorial to the curious official. When the official received the memorial and looked at it, his expression suddenly changed.
It’s okay to impeach a hundred households, but this involves killing a good person and taking credit for it! Moreover, the war involved was the Gengxu Incident. Last year's war was a fresh scar on the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a scar that caused Emperor Jiajing to lose face.
In addition, this war involves many people.
The Gengxu Incident caused Ming Dynasty to lose all face. Finally, after the Anda soldiers withdrew, the local generals beheaded more than a hundred Anda soldiers, which allowed Ming Dynasty to save some face.
At least that's what the ruling and opposition parties think.
Moreover, the memorial for the generals who beheaded An Dabing was personally approved by the chief minister of the cabinet, Mr. Yan Songyan. In addition, this matter also involves the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel and other departments. In my impression, there seemed to be a Baihu who had made great contributions and was directly promoted several levels. Well, could it be the person who was impeached?
Although it is only the impeachment of one hundred households, the implications are huge. This is a hot potato.
At this time, Mr. Dong and others were full of complaints against the officials of the General Affairs Department. What does the General Affairs Department do? How come this kind of memorial was uploaded to the cabinet so quickly? They must suppress it no matter what and wait for the aftermath. After the matter is settled, before uploading to the cabinet, at least enough time must be left.
Verification, review, proofreading, any excuse of your General Affairs Department can last ten days and a half.
That's good for you. You handed over the memorial the day before yesterday!
There was no way, the matter was urgent, Lord Dong and the others did not dare to delay. With panic, they specially selected Zhu Ping'an's memorial and delivered it to the mansion where the cabinet ministers were staying.
While waiting outside, they heard a faint sound of banging on the table from the room. Master Dong and others who were waiting outside were heartbroken by the sound.
Oh, it’s going to be cloudy again! (End of this chapter)