Chapter 359 The only unlucky one is Zhang Juzheng
Above the main hall of Wanshou Palace.

As Xu Jie finally revealed his true colors and pointed his sword directly at the court and national policies, everyone was in an uproar, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely cold.

It is even colder than the freezing world outside the temple in December.

Yan Shaoting frowned and stared silently at the gold brick under his feet that had only a tiny crack.

It was naturally impossible for Xu Jie to directly criticize the various national policies currently being implemented by the court.

As a cabinet minister, Xu Jie was the most clear about the priorities of these national policies.

For example, the monopoly of silk sales overseas, the pacification of Japanese pirates in the five southeastern provinces, and the opening of the maritime affairs were the most important national policies of the imperial court at the moment, and no one could touch them.

This is the reverse scale.

Death upon contact.

However, tasks such as rectifying the administration of officials and the recently established system of recommending students to become officials were not particularly important.

The trend of rectifying the administration of officials has a long history. During the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, it had been stopped from time to time. Stopping it at this time could actually help Xu Jie gain some popularity.

As for the system of recommending students to become officials, which was recently established to deal with the harm done by clerks and yamen runners in the government, in fact, no one knows at the moment what the actual effect will be.

Even though everyone now said that the Imperial College was a good job in the Ministry of Personnel, no one was willing to work hard for it or try to transfer to the Imperial College in private.

The most important thing Xu Jie mentioned was actually the rectification of official administration.

In Xu Jie's opinion, what happened between Dongguanzhuang and Nanlu Zen Temple had already been determined to be caused by the government's poor administration.

If the government was fair and just, then a monk like Fochun, who was supported by Nanlu Zen Temple, would never have been able to serve as the chief monk of Shuntian Prefecture's Buddhist Affairs Office, and he would not even be able to obtain a Buddhist certificate.

Similarly, if Huairou County had strictly followed the orders of the imperial court, then people like the Yang family from Dongguanzhuang should have been removed from the county government, rather than sitting back and watching the Yang family from Dongguanzhuang gather together to surround the Nanlu Zen Temple and cause trouble.

As Xu Jie made his position clear.

Gao Gong's face darkened instantly.

Because all these matters were handled by him in the cabinet, and he led the various ministries and government offices to handle these tasks.

However, Xu Jie's face was still full of worry. He said in a deep voice: "My Great Ming has two capitals and thirteen provinces, with an extremely vast territory. The territory is thousands of miles away, and there are dense mountains and rivers in the north and south. Shuntian Prefecture and its counties are the capital area. Under the feet of the emperor, the national policy is being implemented, but they are completely unaware of the national policy. How can such things be tolerated? I don't know why Huairou County can still be governed like this even though it is clearly under the eyes of the court.

Dongguanzhuang and Nanlu Zen Temple are located at the junction of Huairou and Changping, and there is no government control over them. It is like a no-man's land. The whole world belongs to the king, so how can there be such a rule as Dongguanzhuang and Nanlu Zen Temple? "

Gao Gong's expression became increasingly solemn.

Xu Jie's words were almost like a curse directed at Gao Suqing.

However, when Gao Gong was about to open his mouth to refute, Yan Shaoting stepped forward first.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Xu said about Dongguanzhuang and Nanlu Zen Temple in the capital is like a no-man's land. As the chief of the Changping Public Security Department, I should explain it clearly."

Without waiting for everyone's reaction.

Yan Song hummed and nodded, saying, "Since Dongguanzhuang and Nanlu Zen Temple involve Huairou County and Changping Public Security Bureau, Yan Shaoting, the director of Changping Public Security Bureau, probably knows more details."

His words reminded Jiajing above.

Xu Jie was the only one talking about today's incident, while everyone else remained silent.

This is bad.

Without even looking at Xu Jie, he turned to Yan Shaoting and said, "Please explain it clearly."

Yan Shaoting nodded and bowed, glancing sideways at Xu Jie.

He spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, according to the Shuntian Prefecture Chronicle, the Nanlu Zen Temple is under the jurisdiction of Huairou County. Dongguanzhuang is bounded by the long north-south street in the village, with the east side being under the jurisdiction of Huairou County and the west side being under the jurisdiction of the original Changping Prefecture. Your Majesty's wise will changed Changping Prefecture to Changping Public Security Bureau, and the population and land under its jurisdiction have not changed. The west side of Dongguanzhuang is still under the jurisdiction of Changping Public Security Bureau."

Li Chunfang frowned and asked in confusion, "So, the matter between this temple and Zhuangzi is under the jurisdiction of Changping Public Security Bureau, which has the power and responsibility. I wonder how much Mr. Yan knows about this matter?"

He asked this question in response to Yan Shaoting's words.

But the meaning behind his words was veiled.

Because the west side of Dongguanzhuang is under the jurisdiction of the Changping Public Security Bureau, and now that the Yang family from Dongguanzhuang is causing trouble, the Changping Public Security Bureau must be held responsible.

Yan Shaoting's expression did not change. He just glanced at Li Chunfang and said calmly, "Mr. Li, you may not know that since the establishment of the Changping Public Security Bureau, Xu Wei, the Secretary of the Bureau, has personally led people to Dongguanzhuang several times to persuade the people on the west side of the village to move there. For this reason, the Public Security Bureau has also set up a new residence and built new houses, but the people of Dongguanzhuang are not willing to move. The Public Security Bureau can only follow the will of the people and dare not force them. Now, the militia team is responsible for arresting thieves and bandits on the west side of this village."

After finishing speaking.

Yan Shaoting glanced at everyone present indifferently.

You have to look carefully.

The Changping Security Bureau is not ignoring the situation. They have even built new houses just to relocate the residents on the west side of Dongguanzhuang. But since the residents are unwilling, does the Security Bureau have to forcibly relocate them in the capacity of an official?
How disgraceful.

immediately.

Yan Shaoting added, "In addition, as for the dispute between Dongguanzhuang and Nanlu Zen Temple mentioned by Lord Xu today, Nanlu Zen Temple is under the jurisdiction of Huairou County, and the leader of Dongguanzhuang is Yang Bangwan, who is from the east side of the village. He is the head of the government servants in the Huairou County government office. If the Changping Public Security Bureau intervened in this matter, it would be really overstepping its authority, but the Public Security Bureau has also reported the details of what it knows to Shuntian Prefecture."

Gold medal of immunity from death.

Yan Shaoting hung a golden medal of immunity from death for himself and Changping.

The dispute arose in the Nanlu Zen Temple, which is under the jurisdiction of Huairou County, so it has nothing to do with the Public Security Bureau.

What's more, Yang Bangwan, who led the riot in Dongguanzhuang, is also a member of the Yang family on the east side of Dongguanzhuang.

Therefore, the Changping Public Security Bureau could only report the matter to Shuntian Prefecture for both public and private reasons, but it did not interfere at all.

This is called rigor.

Yuan Wei hummed and nodded, saying, "According to the court regulations, what Yan Binke said about the handling of the Changping Public Security Bureau is already the most fair."

Li Chunfang's expression remained unchanged.

It really seemed as if I had just been asking questions.

He nodded and said nothing more.

Yan Shaoting looked at Xu Jie, after all, it was he who involved Changping.

The expression on Jiajing's face above was calm, making it impossible to tell what the emperor was feeling at the moment.

He simply shifted his gaze to Xu Jie and asked, "If this is the case, then this matter can be considered Huairou County's business. Since Lord Xu mentioned this matter today, I think he must have a solution in mind."

"Punishment!"

After Jiajing finished asking.

Xu Jie immediately uttered a word.

penalty.

His expression was extremely stern, and there was no trace of emotion in his eyes.

Xu Jie bowed slowly, raised his arms and clasped his fists: "When the country is governing, the capital should be the first to respond and implement the country's policies. But since the winter of last year, the court decided to start rectifying the administration of officials this year, and since the beginning of this year, the court has launched a large-scale rectification of the administration of officials. But Shuntian Prefecture, as the best place, has no idea of ​​serving the court and the emperor."

This is the beginning.

In the main hall.

Everyone's eyes turned to Xu Jie.

Everyone knows.

From this moment on, Xu Jie was ready to take action against Shuntian Prefecture.

No.

Or.

He wanted to take action against Zhang Juzheng, his former student.

Criticizing the imperial court for rectifying the administration of officials was just a pretext, and the next step was to attack Zhang Juzheng. And attacking Zhang Juzheng was to attack the reformists.

"To rectify the administration of officials is the national policy of the court."

"I think that Shuntian Prefecture's performance is not satisfactory at all, and it is also not in line with the current laws of the court. Therefore, Shuntian Prefecture should be punished according to the law, and Shuntian Prefecture's governor, who is in charge of the prefectures and counties in the capital, should be punished more severely!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Jie gave the answer that everyone had already guessed.

He was going to take action against his former good student.

Followed by.

Xu Jie added, "Now the Nanlu Zen Monastery seems to be full of treacherous monks. It should be handed over to the Ministry of Rites for a thorough investigation, and the monks' certificates of ordination should be taken away and returned to their hometowns. If there are any violations, they should be handed over to the Three Law Departments for trial and punishment. The people of Dongguanzhuang should also be separated according to the law, as the Changping Public Security Department said. The people of Dongguanzhuang should be relocated to other places to prevent another family from gathering together and running rampant in the countryside. The Yang family of Dongguanzhuang in Huairou Public Office should also be expelled, and if they are guilty, they should be severely punished."

These are all incidental things.

What Xu Jie really wanted to do was to suppress Zhang Juzheng.

Yan Shaoting moved his mouth silently.

Xu Jie wanted to take action against Zhang Juzheng, the student who had betrayed his master, so that he could re-establish his authority in the court.

Let’s take a look at Xu Jie’s series of speeches today.

Originally, I thought he was going there for court affairs, but I didn't expect that he was actually going there for Zhang Juzheng.

In Yan Shaoting's sight, even Gao Gong, whose face originally showed clear dissatisfaction, now had a calm expression as usual.

After all, although Xu Jie mentioned the rectification of official administration, he did not hold on to this matter in the end, nor did he use it to attack Gao Gong.

then.

In the end, it was really unlucky.

There is only Zhang Juzheng!

Zhang Juzheng was in bad luck, and everyone in the hall remained silent.

If it were in the past, perhaps someone would say a few words for him.

but now.

Zhang Juzheng had clearly called for reform in the court, and helping him at this time would most likely be seen as having the intention of reform.

This kind of thing.

You have to be extremely careful.

however.

Just when everyone, including Xu Jie, thought that this would be an indisputable matter.

Yan Song, who was sitting on a soft stool, let out a long and vicissitudes of life voice from his throat.

He slowly raised his head, first glanced at Xu Jie with a smile, then clasped his hands and looked up at the emperor.

Yan Song spoke slowly, "Your Majesty, the matter between Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguanzhuang, as Lord Xu said, does not seem to have just happened. It seems that the rift has already arisen a few years ago. In this case, this is an old case."

As soon as these words came out.

Xu Jie's expression changed slightly.

Because according to Old Yantou, the conflict between Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguanzhuang has existed for a long time, and the previous Shuntian prefect failed to handle it well, so why should all the blame be placed on the current prefect?

If that's how it's calculated.

Should the former Shuntian prefect also be held accountable?

Oh, no...

The former Shuntian prefect has died.

Yan Song added: "If I remember correctly, Zhang Juzheng seemed to have just returned to Beijing from Suzhou Prefecture at the beginning of this year. In the past year, he first pacified Miyun, and then dug a canal in Shunyi. The energy of one person alone is always limited to handle the affairs of a prefecture."

Jiajing immediately raised his eyebrows and asked casually, "Then as Lord Yan said, Zhang Juzheng is not responsible."

There was a gleam in Yan Song's eyes.

The emperor knew how to cooperate with me.

He shook his head and said, "How can I not be responsible? After all, as Lord Xu said, Zhang Juzheng is currently the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, in charge of the affairs of the prefecture. No matter when the Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguanzhuang incidents happened, he is also responsible. But this responsibility also has different levels of severity."

Xu Jie's face was tense.

This Yan Song actually intervened at the last moment.

He frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled.

You, the Yan family, clearly claim to be monarchists, while Zhang Juzheng is an undisputed reformer. Why did you, Yan Song, help Zhang Juzheng?

Yan Song continued, "In my opinion, the method proposed by Lord Xu to punish Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguanzhuang is feasible. The incident happened in these two places, so they should be severely punished to deter the people in other places in the capital, and they should act in a pure and good manner. Secondly, the Huairou County Government Office is the place where Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguanzhuang are under the supervision, but they are suspected of negligence and dereliction of duty, and they should also be punished. Finally, the officials of Shuntian Prefecture should be held accountable for dereliction of duty."

After finishing speaking.

Yan Song added: "In the past, whether it was the court or the localities, if something happened, it was basically handled in this way, with layers of divisions and priorities."

This is all about tradition and rules.

same.

That is the rule of not overstepping one’s authority.

We can't let provincial officials be punished the heaviest because something happened in the county.

The people who should be punished the heaviest should be the place where the incident occurred and the county officials.

Jiajing hummed and glanced sideways at Xu Jie.

He slapped one hand on the table, tapping it lightly with his fingers.

"What Lord Yan said is indeed the way the court has punished people in the past, and it is in line with the rules."

"But as Lord Yan said, punishment must be imposed, but the severity must be determined."

Say it.

Jiajing leaned forward and looked straight at Xu Jie.

"Lord Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Jie lowered his head.

As long as the penalty is imposed, it will be considered a breakthrough.

When there is another opportunity next time, combined with this incident, Zhang Juzheng will be suppressed.

He bowed his hands and said, "Everything is subject to the emperor's judgment."

Jiajing smiled, stood up and said, "Today is the last time that you and I, the emperor and his subjects, will meet in the forty-first year of Jiajing. I do not want the New Year to be marked by more bloodshed."

"Nanlu Zen Temple and Dongguan Village will be built after the new year as Lord Xu said."

"Huairou County imposes severe punishment."

"Shuntian Prefecture held the prefect Zhang Juzheng accountable for dereliction of duty according to the law, and fined him one year's salary and demoted him by one level."

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