The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"Since they are taking action in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, can I also ask Master Chen to transfer a good friend of mine here?"

"no."

After hearing Wei Guangde's words, Chen Zan immediately said that he did not want the battle in the court to continue to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"I'm just a deputy capital envoy. I'll take care of him so that nothing like today happens again. Why not?"

Wei Guangde still had a faint smile on his face and persuaded.

If in the past the Metropolitan Procuratorate was a group of trolls and Wei Guangde could not care less, that is different now.

There were people from certain factions among the trolls, and he was worried that these trolls would be taken advantage of.

Arranging someone to watch in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and finding out that the other party was making moves to stop him, Wei Guangde believed that his reasons were tenable.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for the investigation and impeachment of all officials of the imperial court. If you follow your wishes, wouldn't you also be involved in a battle in the imperial court?"

Chen Zan felt that this bottom line could not be broken. In fact, he had already planned to transfer the person who led the incident.

Dali Temple in Nanjing provides a punishment for breaking the rules.

Thinking of this, Chen Zan continued to speak and revealed his plan to transfer people away and assign them to Dali Temple in Nanjing.

"Haha, it has been exposed. Your Excellency transferred him away, which seems to be in line with their wishes."

After hearing this, Wei Guangde responded calmly, "If you stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you can continue to suppress him.

But if you are transferred, it will be the officials who have the final say when you leave.

Dali Temple in Nanjing is not very good, but believe it or not, you can be promoted in less than half a year. "

Wei Guangde revealed the loopholes in Chen Zan's departure and asked for rewards based on merit. That person would definitely be promoted.

Except for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Chen Zan didn't have the final say. I don't know if his punishment was a compliment or something else.

"this"

Wei Guangde's words made Chen Zan speechless for a moment.

He only considered punishing him and transferring him to an unpopular position, but he forgot that there were people behind him who could still control the officials.

"Even if the foreign inspector gives him an inferior comment, so what? Couldn't the Ministry of Personnel still find a good job to place him?"

Wei Guangde reminded again, and after seeing Chen Zan's gaffe, he continued: "The best way is to keep him in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and not give him a chance to be promoted."

Well, Wei Guangde's method almost ended that person's official career. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate held great power, it was during the inspection period and it held the power of life and death over local officials.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, the official hat is indeed in the hands of the censor.

As for being in the capital, well, the censor doesn't seem to have much power other than playing the role of a mad dog biting people.

After all, it was the Censor of the City who spoke and held the power in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. With him, Chen Zan, the Censor below had no chance to make big moves.

"Besides, I don't know if there are others in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who have formed a party with him."

Wei Guangde said that people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate were forming cliques, which was a big deal.

"No, not really."

Chen Zan knew that Wei Guangde was making alarmist remarks. There were many Jiangxi fellows from Wei Guangde in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but there were no Jiangxi people at the level of deputy imperial envoy or minister.

They were all Ke Dao censors below. Wei Guangde was trying to scare him like this because he was actually running for the position of deputy capital censor.

"Who do you want to transfer to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Chen Zan also became curious at this time. After saying so much, Wei Guangde's meaning was obvious.

"It's worth the hard work."

Wei Guangde said bluntly that he believed that Chen Zan knew this person. After all, he was the left-hand political envoy in the imperial court. This official position was only thirteen, and he was considered a local official.

"He."

Sure enough, after hearing Wei Guangde's name, Chen Zan nodded slightly, but suddenly stared at Wei Guangde and said, "You have been taking care of him, right?"

Just now, Chen Zan mentally reviewed Lao Kan's resume because he knew that Wei Guangde intended to recommend him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Lao Kanzhong became a Jinshi, he first observed politics in the Ministry of Punishment, then stayed in the Ministry of Punishment, and was later promoted to head of the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Etiquette.

Under normal circumstances, such a person could become an official in the Sixth Ministry, and he might be considered an official with a good career.

But at the end of the Jiajing period, he suddenly transferred from the official position in Beijing to Guangdong and became the Xantai, that is, the deputy envoy of Guangdong.

Three years later, he was transferred to Fujian again, and was promoted to Fujian's Inspector-General, then to the Right Chief Envoy, then to the Left Chief Envoy. It can be said that after Lao Kan was sent abroad, his official career was prosperous and he was continuously promoted.

The next step for such a person seems to be to either be promoted to the two capitals and return to the ranks of Beijing officials. If they are still to be released, they will become frontier officials such as governors and governors.

It can be said that in ten years, Lao Kan has almost completed his entire official career, and every remaining promotion was earned.

"I originally planned to let him go to the Ministry of Justice to be a minister, but I didn't expect that something like this happened."

Wei Guangde did not answer, but said something else, "The current situation in the cabinet is known to Mr. General Xian. If he cannot reach out, the power in the court may be unbalanced."

Wei Guangde reminded him again, which actually pointed out his current passive position in the cabinet.

Indeed, now that Lu Tiaoyang in the cabinet is not doing anything, and Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Siwei are the same power, Wei Guangde seems to be a little alone.

In the past, it was Zhang Juzheng and Wei Guangde who competed. Now with Zhang Siwei, they are at a disadvantage.

At this time, Wei Guangde did not dare to take the matter of the Metropolitan Procuratorate lightly, which seemed to make sense.

Now, Wei Guangde was using the Metropolitan Procuratorate's personnel oversight as an excuse. If he wanted to arrange for someone to come in and keep an eye on him, Chen Zan didn't know whether he should agree or not.

Chen Zan's original intention was definitely not to have both the first and second assistants arrange people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. That would greatly threaten his control over the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The current situation is that the second assistant has not reached out to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the first assistant seems to have placed someone there.

If you can't balance one and two, maybe it's really hard to give Wei Guangde an explanation.

Who knows if those few people have the manpower that Zhang Siwei pushed out.

"Can the cabinet agree to transfer Lao Kan now?"

Chen Zan asked tentatively.

"Of course I will go back to the cabinet to handle it. As for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I hope Chen Zongxian will not object."

Wei Guangde said.

Regarding Yu Yingchang's inspection tour to Liaodong, Wei Guangde could use the topic to seek an official position from Chen Zan, and naturally he could also approach Zhang Juzheng.

The two had a tacit understanding before and would not reach out to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This time, Zhang Juzheng broke the rules.

Regardless of whether Zhang Juzheng knew about the matter at the beginning, it would always fall on him.

Now Zhang Juzheng also wants the position of chief envoy to Fujian so that he can make preparations for the Qing Dynasty in Fujian. It will take a year or two before he can take action.

If Wei Guangde is dissatisfied and refuses to give up his position, Zhang Juzheng will either change his position or go to a lot of trouble.

The most important thing is that because of the position of the deputy capital envoy, fighting with Wei Guangde may cause all his reform plans to fail.

Wei Guangde could oppose the clearing of land in Fujian, and he could also oppose other policies, including the examination law.

Now, he can suppress those who oppose the examination law, as long as the reason is that Wei Guangde does not oppose this law.

Opponents are mostly local, and they lack people to speak out in the central government.

If he, Wei Guangde, changes his identity and becomes an opponent of the new law, Zhang Juzheng will probably be confused for a while whether the Kao Cheng Law can continue to be implemented.

To put it bluntly, both of them value interests more than others.

As for the two people fighting, Zhang Juzheng should continue to reform the bad government.

Although making Zhang Siwei the second assistant may help implement the New Deal, Zhang Juzheng's reputation will be completely ruined by then.

Sometimes, when opponents are on stage, they can still retain a glimmer of hope below.

Wei Guangde could figure it out because he knew the relationship between him and Zhang Juzheng.

Chen Zan didn't know, but he believed that Wei Guangde would make some compromises to get Zhang Juzheng to agree.

"As long as you can pass it in court, I won't object."

Chen Zan finally nodded, and immediately said: "Mr. Wei Ge, I have a memorial to impeach the Southwest Governor Li Chengliang. Don't you really know?"

"Haha, the general will have his own decision on what to do if he doesn't accept your orders.

In fact, there is no need for the court to intervene too much, it can just wait for the results.

If you win, everything will be easy. If you lose, you will be severely punished.

Mr. Chen, are you right to say this? "

Wei Guangde smiled.

"Haha, it seems that Mr. Wei Ge really doesn't take this matter seriously."

Chen Zan said with a smile.

"If you kill a good person and take credit for it, you don't need to remind me. I, Wei Guangde, will be the first to stand up and refuse to agree. If I don't cut him into pieces, it will be difficult to understand the hatred in my heart.

But just dealing with some prisoners, and some prisoners with bad deeds, doesn't seem to be a big deal.

As for why killing prisoners is unlucky, I have also read books and know that retribution falls on the generals who lead the army. "

Wei Guangde smiled and said, "You are responsible for the cause and effect yourself, so what does it have to do with others."

"In that case, I won't say more."

Chen Zan still smiled and said casually.

"If Mr. Chen can also tell the censors below that a few of them will report for impeachment, Shandai will be very grateful."

Although he didn't take this matter seriously, Wei Guangde would not indulge the censor's crazy impeachment.

If a trend breaks out, it will be very troublesome.

After leaving Chen Zan's check-in room, Wei Guangde also found a few Jiangxi censors and talked to them about the matter in private.

For this kind of thing, just say hello in private, if you can stop one, it will be one.

In fact, it would be bad if no one from the Metropolitan Procuratorate jumps out to impeach.

It is easy to give people the feeling that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Wu Fu are colluding.

Wei Guangde came out of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and returned to the cabinet.

As for Zhang Juzheng's side, Wei Guangde did not go over immediately.

He also wanted to go home and write a letter to Lao Kan tonight, tell him the news, and then see his attitude.

If Lao Kan doesn't want to return to the capital, he can't be forced to come back.

For most officials, it is naturally good to return to the capital and serve as officials.

But for those officials who want to do something, most of them may not be willing to return to the capital, and there are still people in the capital to protect them.

Locally, we are actually more free.

In the capital, unless you are a pavilion elder or a court official, there will always be a large group of people pressing down on you.

In the words of later generations, one does not know how to be an official until he arrives in the capital.

People who can make all the difference in the local area have to hide in the capital for fear of meeting someone they can't afford to offend.

Although in front of Chen Zan, Wei Guangde pretended to be nonchalant, as if Li Chengliang's killing of prisoners was a trivial matter, but in fact Wei Guangde received many notes from outside into the cabinet today.

In this regard, he also passed many small notes to the outside world, naturally hoping that they would help appease those people.

Well, most of Qingliu is aloof and not easy to convince.

But even though he knew it was useless, Wei Guangde still had to let people do it.

It is difficult for him to come forward in this kind of thing, and it is easy for those Qingliu to feel that Wei Guangde is using his power to suppress others. Not only will there be no results, but it will also be counterproductive. Perhaps their opposition will become more determined.

Anyway, I just found someone to lobby for them to give up. The reason was nothing more than the last few paragraphs of Luo Rufang's memorial.

Nowadays, good news about the war in the Southwest is spreading frequently. There is no need to criticize the generals who can win the war too harshly.

At the same time, the Ministry of War also deliberately spread the content of the note passed by Wei Guangde, which was to keep an eye on the southwest war situation. If Li Chengliang had evidence of killing good people and taking merit, he would immediately order to lock him up.

Using this news, he successfully made officials from both the government and the opposition notice that Li Chengliang was only disposing of prisoners, thus downplaying the matter.

Next door, Zhang Juzheng actually thought that Wei Guangde would come over and discuss with him to jointly suppress the matter after learning about the news in the southwest. However, he did not expect that in the next two days, although a memorial to impeach Li Chengliang was occasionally sent to the court, not many people followed him.

When he knew the reason, he could only smile bitterly.

As for Zhang Siwei's question about contacting the government and the opposition to jointly launch an impeachment against Li Chengliang, Zhang Juzheng also directly refused.

Zhang Juzheng could guess Zhang Siwei's little thoughts.

Wang Chonggu and others have more or less their own generals in Xuanda.

Southwest is about to usher in a victory. Zhang Siwei may have been careful and wanted to use this to capture Li Chengliang and arrange for their people to pick peaches in Southwest.

If it were a normal matter, Zhang Juzheng would not ask more questions, but knowing that Wei Guangde was behind Li Chengliang, this was not to offend someone to death.

Perhaps Zhang Siwei thought that when he joined the cabinet, the two of them named Zhang could already influence cabinet decisions.

There are a lot of people in Wei Guangde's entourage. Although he may not be able to accomplish anything if he doesn't show off, it is not difficult to do something bad.

This is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng has more power than Wei Guangde, but still negotiates with him many times.

Some of his reform measures require help from other people to check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps.

He is also very sensitive and easily criticized by others.

As a secondary assistant who is not a member of the group, he is naturally the target of these opponents.

Wei Guangde's philosophy is similar to his. Although he does not support many policies, he does not explicitly oppose them. He is considered acquiescent. This is a huge help to Zhang Juzheng.

Therefore, leaving Wei Cifu in the cabinet will be beneficial to Zhang Juzheng's administration, and it will not lead to a fight.

Of course, Zhang Siwei's plan could not be started.

Zhang Juzheng did not intend to have a vicious fight with Wei Guangde, which would worsen his already damaged reputation.

I heard that Gao Gong had compiled a book in his hometown, compiling the original manuscript, but he was scolded in the preface.

It is said that Gao Gong came to power and forced this and that one away. If Zhang Juzheng did the same thing,

Zhang Juzheng still wants to be famous.