The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Beijing, early May.

The spring light reflected the white snow on the eaves, and a carriage made a soft sound as it passed through the half-finger-thick layer of pitch-black snow.

In front of the dismounting monument, Zhang Cong saw a blue-covered carriage, his eyes lit up, "Master Yan is here."

"Brother Bingyong, do you really want to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

It has been nearly half a month since he entered the palace, and the officials will soon arrange to observe the administration.

Xia Yan didn't want to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It would be better to choose randomly among the six departments than the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Not to mention, he was the second in the first class and could easily enter the civil service department.

Although I admire and appreciate Yan Chengjin in my heart.

But after finally joining the court as an official, he also had his own ambitions and wanted to make great achievements.

"Brother Gongjin, you can't be wrong. If you join the Metropolitan Procuratorate with me, you will be promoted faster than if you join the staff department!"

Zhang Cong persuaded him kindly and said that he had realized that Fang Xue, Wang Shouren and others, following Yan Chengjin, were already officials of the third rank.

There are also Song Jing and Xie Pi, who are from the third grade.

Zheng Qian, the worst, was also a fourth-rank scholar. How many champions became unknown after entering the palace? Where have you seen such a young fourth-rank scholar?

Although Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and others were also powerful, they would not support their subordinate officials in this way.

The most important thing is that Master Yan was promoted in this way back then.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry, but I can't obey brother Bingyong."

After getting off the carriage, Yan Chengjin saw two figures bowing and wondered why they came to him.

"Student, if you want to join the Metropolitan Procuratorate to observe politics, I hope Master Yan will give you permission."

Zhang Cong bowed.

After finishing speaking, Xia Yan touched Xia Yan's sleeve and said, "The student has met Mr. Yan."

Yan Chengjin frowned, probably guessing Zhang Cong's intention. If he didn't interfere, the two of them would be assigned to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to observe the government.

But Zhang Cong came to him because he wanted to be admitted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. With such eyesight, it is no wonder that he was able to prosper in history.

"I will not recommend you, nor will I accept students."

Yan Chengjin walked past the two of them and went directly to the left and right doors to line up.

Today, there was no important court affairs to discuss. After standing in the main hall for a quarter of an hour, everyone went back to their respective rooms.

Fang Xue walked up behind Jiang Mian and interrupted Jiang Mian's lowered head and thought, "Mr. Jiang, Mr. Yan is looking at your file and may want to impeach you."

Jiang Mian: "Thank you, Mr. Fang."

Fang Xue: "You should thank Master Yan, he asked me to tell you."

Jiang Mian's face turned red with anger and he almost cursed.

Are you now being notified of the impeachment? The Metropolitan Procuratorate is really becoming more and more humane.

The officials looked over with curiosity.

Li Dongyang had a headache. He was going to be impeached again. "Jingzhi, Brother Yu, go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and have a look. There must be a mistake."

Even though I knew in my heart that this person had put a lot of thought into his actions, it was not a mistake.

But I have to let this kid give up such dangerous thoughts.

Li Dongyang cursed in his heart and strode into the Metropolitan Procuratorate, grabbing the fluorene tablets. He saw Yan Chengjin sitting on the desk, looking at Jiang Mian's files.

The corners of the pages are yellowed and discolored, and I think I have read them thousands of times.

"Do you want to impeach the cabinet, Mr. Chiang Kai-shek?"

Knowing that his father-in-law was very devoted to public service, especially towards veteran ministers with meritorious deeds, Yan Chengjin had been waiting for Li Dongyang for a long time.

"I have something to discuss with Mr. Li."

"What?"

"The system of bachelor's degrees in the cabinet lasts for five years. In the name of impeachment of Duke Chiang, the subordinates asked the new emperor for help."

What Li Dongyang didn't know was that since the Zhengde Dynasty, the authority of the cabinet academicians had become more and more concentrated, and they could even decide on major affairs in the court without going through the emperor.

When Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie first entered the officialdom, they were as clear as white water. After sitting for a long time, they would inevitably be tainted by the smell of copper.

They ransacked the house and found hundreds of thousands of taels of white rice. With their salaries, it was absolutely beyond their reach.

And in old age, people are prone to make wrong decisions.

For a quarter of an hour, the two of them sat in the check-in room and stared at each other.

Li Dongyang was secretly frightened. This man was finally going to take action against the cabinet. He is appointed as a cabinet bachelor every five years. "Why do you want to do this?"

"The new emperor's son Yue Zou. Now it is entirely up to the cabinet to pass orders. It's good that Mr. Li is incorruptible. If he meets someone as lazy as Xiaguan and becomes the chief minister, wouldn't it be harmful to the world?"

The most taboo thing about being an official is talking about other officials behind their backs.

To be cautious, Yan Chengjin could only use himself as an analogy.

Li Dongyang's face was slightly startled, and he was a little suspicious. In less than ten years, this man would definitely be promoted to the first minister of the cabinet, but he would use this kind of move that could hurt the enemy by one thousand and hurt himself by eight hundred?

"You don't want to be the chief minister of the cabinet?"

But when he thought about it, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. The son had issued an order to let the cabinet ministers take up their posts first, and then asked the new emperor to issue an order to re-activate him.

There was a hint of shrewdness in his eyes, and he said coldly: "You want to change cabinet officials, but you still have to say it so grandly."

Yan Chengjin looked like he had been exposed but refused to admit it, "Mr. Li's words are wrong. The new emperor is not a fool. If the official has no talent, how can the new emperor re-appoint him? The official is also for the imperial court."

The five-year system does not skimp on the election of leaders.

It is reasonable for the outstanding ones to be re-elected, right?

Now we have to admit that power is concentrated in the cabinet. Is it necessary to replace the cabinet?

This is naturally even more impossible.

Hearing what Yan Chengjin said, Li Dongyang really couldn't find a reason to refute, "This is why you impeached Mr. Jiang. How do you think you intend to impeach Mr. Jiang because he was arguing in the court?"

Yan Chengjin took out a memorial letter from his sleeve. After Li Dongyang glanced at it for a few times, his expression changed slightly.

"I won't be going to the official office in the near future. Please keep it secret for the time being, Mr. Li."

…

Shanhaiguan,

The sea breeze blows slowly, and it is hotter here than in the capital.

Since ascending the throne, the retired emperor Hongzhi has been staying in the capital for more than 40 years. He is full of curiosity about the outside of the capital.

As the carriage was moving, he would lift the curtain from time to time to look. On the official road paved with yellow mud, the horseshoes stepped on it and raised clouds of dust.

Xiao Jing handed over a memorial, and this guy still pestered the retired emperor, "Master, Yan Chengjin came to make a memorial."

The retired emperor Hongzhi left the capital and didn't want to take care of the government affairs.

But Yan Chengjin's memorial, let's take a look.

He opened the memorial and took a few glances, his face gradually became serious, Xiao Jing secretly glanced at it, and his eyelids twitched a few times.

The cabinet minister is five years a system?

When he looked at the retired emperor Hongzhi again, he found that the retired emperor was also looking at him. What does Xiao Daban think? "

Xiao Jing knelt on the ground with a plop: "I dare not make any comments. ”

The road was bumpy, and even though the shaking carriage kept hitting his head, he didn't dare to complain.

The retired emperor Hongzhi closed the memorial, and seemed to be muttering to himself, and seemed to be saying to Xiao Jing: "The Emperor Gao abolished the Secretariat, and today I will do the same thing. Yan Qingjia knows me well. "

Xiao Jing looked up blankly, but he was not angry. This shows that the retired emperor was also thinking about this matter. It seems that Yan Chengjin, that guy, hit the retired emperor's mind.

The retired emperor Hongzhi remembered that the Emperor Gao abolished the Secretariat.

In fact, there is no difference between civil officials and vassal kings. In the eyes of the emperor, whoever is stronger will be weakened.

"Change the route and go to Huguang."

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