Chapter 115 Impeachment
The politics of the Ming Dynasty have always been based on the following: controlling the powerful, and the following resisting the superior. The civil servants who received preferential treatment from the empire were not even given the emperor's face, let alone the chief minister!
Naturally, Li Mengyang could denounce Ma Wensheng because he was dissatisfied with the examination method, and it was normal for him to call him Ma Junzhou.
What's more, Li Mengyang also has this confidence. Although he is a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is famous as a direct minister, and his job is to gain direct fame by impeaching powerful people.
During the Hongzhi period, Li Mengyang was imprisoned in Jinyi Guard Prison for impeaching Zhang Heling. Later, Emperor Hongzhi released him because of his outspokenness. This made him a well-known official throughout the court, and naturally he gained a lot of fame. , received great political benefits.
As a result, Li Mengyang was quickly promoted from the head of the household department to the doctor of the household department in a short period of time. From then on, he was neither afraid of the emperor's relatives nor the cabinet ministers. There was no one in the world who he did not dare to scold.
At the same time, he was also an advocate of the ancient prose movement. He gathered a large group of literati to launch retro activities and won a group of literati who agreed with him. This also made him famous in the literary world.
Now, his scolding of Ma Wensheng was nothing, not to mention that it was really difficult for him to accept the examination law. After all, after the implementation of the examination law, he, a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, could only get promotion opportunities by completing the relevant government affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This is different from what he used to do. He didn't do anything before. He only needed to impeach a few people and write a few poems to get people to spread them, and he could win the favor of the powerful and get promoted several levels. But now, he can only be a down-to-earth person. He is a qualified official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he is not good at managing the government affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He even does not know how much tax the Sichuan Qing Li Department he oversees pays each year.
Therefore, after the Beijing inspection, Li Mengyang's evaluation was very poor. Even Wang Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs, who always had a good temper, told him to focus on his job and not to be half-hearted.
Li Mengyang was very depressed and extremely dissatisfied with the new examination method.
However, the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao and the cabinet did not care about Li Mengyang's dissatisfaction. Any reform could not make vested interests feel comfortable, otherwise it would not be called reform. Therefore, the Kaocheng Law continued to be carried out through the implementation of the Beijing Chao system. middle.
"Yu Chengji, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, was so ignorant that he caused the river channel to fall into disrepair but overspent 30,000 kilograms of grain. He was dismissed from his post!"
The examination results sent by the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are continuously reported to the Cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and are read by the Secretary of the Cabinet, and the Cabinet's bachelor's vote is drafted.
"Accurate!"
Zhu Houzhao approved without hesitation.
The Supervisor of Ceremonies immediately took it to criticize him, and the left minister of the Ministry of Industry was directly dismissed from his post because of his incompetence in doing things.
"Zhan Yiliang, the young minister of Taipu Temple, has been managing the Gyeonggi Racecourse for three years. As a result, the number of good horses has decreased by 3,000 instead of increasing. He has been dismissed and investigated!"
"Accurate!"
"Ye Yi Congjun, Secretary of the Imperial College, did not arrive at the Yamen for half a year but lingered in the Jiaofang Department. He was dismissed from his post!"
"Accurate!"
"Pan Cong, a student at the Hanlin Academy, interfered with local government affairs, was dismissed from his post, and demoted to a commoner!"
"Accurate!"
"Zhan Shi Genggeng, the young master of Zhan Shi Mansion, who stole and sold the palace collection, shall be dismissed from his post! He will be given three months to redeem the collection, otherwise he will be exiled for three thousand miles!"
"Accurate!"......
After the implementation of the new examination law, the Beijing inspections are not unscrupulous. Anyone who is incompetent will be dismissed from their posts.
Zhu Houzhao also agreed to this on the spot without mercy!
Li Mengyang was also fined for half a year because of delays in handling government affairs. He was demoted to the position of head of the Ministry of Household Affairs and kept under inspection by the Ministry for half a year.
Li Mengyang has always been concerned about his reputation, but now everyone in the capital knows that he is not doing things well, which is an unbearable blow to him. What is even more unacceptable to him is that the person who replaced him as Doctor of the Household Department actually A director of the Zhejiang Qing Dynasty Officials Department with a background in juren completed the audit work of the department two months ahead of schedule just because of that director! I was also rewarded with an increase in monthly salary for four months!
"It's unreasonable! It's simply unreasonable! People who are good at secular affairs are in high places in temples, but ministers who have noble aspirations will be denounced as useless! This is simply destroying the foundation of our Ming Dynasty and ruining the righteousness of the court!"
Li Mengyang roared angrily, and at this time, his servant came to report: "Master, Master Yan, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and Master Zuozhong Yunzhuang want to see you!"
Li Mengyang knew that this examination method had the greatest impact on Qingliu who was good at talking and not good at worldly affairs, so he also guessed what these people were coming for, and said hurriedly: "Please come quickly!"
As soon as editor Yan and Zhuang Zhongyun came in, Li Mengyang hurriedly asked: "May I ask what you think of these two gentlemen's sudden visit!"
Editor Yan simply handed over his hand and became distressed: "Brother Xianji! You have to uphold justice for Zuo Gong and others! Woohoo!"
"The three gentlemen Zuo Gong, Zhao Gong and Liao Gong were directly killed by Ma Junzhou's people just for saying something about the government. Now they have developed the method of examination to eliminate alien parties. It can be said that the world is angry and people are resenting it. Brother Xianji, you can't just sit idly by and do nothing. Ah!”
Zhuang Zhongyun also said excitedly.
Li Mengyang was already dissatisfied with the examination method, but now that these two people were encouraging him, he became interested: "Li also deeply regretted the death of Zuo Gong and others, and felt that Ma Junzhou and others colluded with the eunuchs to deceive their masters." I deeply hate your murder of Zhongliang. This is called the New Deal, but it is actually a way to eliminate dissidents. It is deeply intolerable, and Li had already intended to impeach him. But it is a pity that Li thought that the court is dark now, and most officials are deceived by traitors. Even if I die for justice, it will not matter if I still be punished by the world in the future! It would be a big deal if someone framed me for asking for my name!”
Li Mengyang's meaning is very clear, that is, I, Li Mengyang, are not afraid of death. It is worth dying to impeach the leader of the dynasty, but I am afraid that after my death, the so-called loyal name will not be passed down to the world.
"Brother Xianji, don't worry. I'm telling you the truth. We came here at his suggestion. He said that you once impeached noble relatives in the court, but the late emperor did not kill them. Now that you are impeaching traitors, how dare your majesty kill those whom the late emperor did not kill?" Even if your majesty is deceived by traitorous ministers and risks the disapproval of the world, he will protect his wealth and life and will ask the new emperor to restore your reputation in the future!"
Editor Yan said.
Zhuang Zhongyun also echoed: "That's right. Brother Xianji must know who this person is. This person is your majesty's mentor and an old minister of the East Palace. He will undoubtedly join the cabinet and govern in the future. Once Ma Junzhou dies, Later, it’s time for him to enter the cabinet. When the time comes, sir, why worry about his reputation being remembered forever?”
Li Mengyang knew who the person they were talking about was, and he also knew that this person would definitely be able to join the cabinet, so he also said: "In that case, Li will impeach Ma Junzhou and other traitorous ministers, and go to His Majesty Shu to kill the traitorous ministers and punish the eunuchs. Abandon the inaction that harms people, and use it to uphold the principles of the government. ”
"Yan Mou thanks Brother Xian Ji for all the people in the world!"
"Zhuang Mou thanks Brother Xianji for all the people in the world!"
Both of them burst into tears.
Li Mengyang felt more and more that he had become a warrior and a hero, and he began to write vigorously and wrote a memorial to impeach Ma Wensheng on 24 counts!
(End of chapter)