The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"To be honest, Xuanfu is the northwest gateway to the capital, and His Highness pays close attention to Xuanfu."

At this point, Wei Guangde seemed to realize that he had made a mistake and said hurriedly: "Students are scared. These are official matters that adults should be concerned about."

"Does Your Highness also have a candidate for the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu?"

Yang Bo did ask with a slight frown.

In fact, after the Ministry of War promoted Ma Fang to the position, it went through many reviews by the Military Selection Department before deciding on a candidate to take over the position of deputy commander-in-chief. But looking at the situation now, it seems that Prince Yu's Mansion is bound to win this position, which really makes it difficult. Yang Bo was a little embarrassed.

Little did he know that the so-called people whom King Yu valued were actually the generals that Wei Guangde valued.

But obviously, King Yu should know about this, otherwise he would never have said this in the presence of a eunuch.

Wei Guangde was not worried that King Yu knew about this.

Feng Bao, if Yang Bo would have given him some mercy before when he was in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, now that Feng Bao committed a crime in the palace and was sent to Prince Yu's Mansion, naturally he wouldn't pay much attention to him.

Therefore, throughout the entire process today, he talked to Wei Guangde and did not even look at Feng Bao.

"Xuanfu General Dong Yikui has been guarding Xuanfu East Road for many years. He has done a little bit of work, but after all, he has worked hard, not to mention he is a hero."

Wei Guangde named the general he was optimistic about, and Yang Bo naturally knew who he was talking about.

"Dong Yikui, I had contact with him when I was in Xuan Mansion. He is considered a capable person."

Yang Bowei nodded after a slight hesitation and said: "However, there are many discussions within the Ministry of War regarding the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu this time."

When Wei Guangde heard this, he knew that Dong Yikui's surrender was a little late, and the Ministry of War had already planned to force him to the position. Not to mention him, even King Yu didn't have such a big reputation.

Although it was a pity, Wei Guangde didn't take it to heart very much.

After working hard, just write a letter to Dong Yiyuan and explain the situation.

Since Dong Yikui is willing to get closer, next time there is a vacancy in Bian Town, he is afraid that he will not be promoted.

However, as Yang Bo told it, Wei Guangde was secretly frightened.

It turns out that although the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu was adjusted this time, it was actually a part of the imperial court's control over the generals in the border towns. That is, most of the nine-border military towns except the commander-in-chief would be adjusted once.

Although many generals who have accumulated meritorious service cannot be promoted, they can be transferred from the next-level military town to the higher-level military town. Sometimes they will be promoted to the casual level, which can be regarded as a promotion.

With Yang Bo's words, Wei Guangde naturally couldn't say anything else.

The Ministry of War already has a plan. Although it has not yet been formed from Yang Bo's mouth, the general direction has been set, so it is naturally inconvenient to continue to intervene, because in the end Yang Bo will respectfully request the emperor to read it in the form of a secret report.

"Actually, Ma Fang's position was originally assigned to Ji Zhen as the deputy chief soldier."

After speaking, Yang Boyu looked at Wei Guangde and said.

Wei Guangde initially reported this matter to the Ministry of War, wanting to transfer Ma Fang to Jizhen.

However, compared to Jizhen, Xuanfu faces a greater threat from the Tatars, so the Ministry of War has not agreed, but it also plans to consider it when changing positions.

"Because of"

Wei Guangde only said three words, but his finger pointed upward.

Yang Bo nodded slightly.

Wei Guangde understood that the last time Ma Fang was upgraded, he was not rewarded with property. It seemed that Emperor Jiajing had already informed the Ministry of War about this at that time.

"I remember Dong Yikui's matter and will mention his name if I have the opportunity."

In the end, Yang Bo said this.

I have confided enough to Wei Guangde, and it is not good to continue.

Wei Guangde also knew what he wanted to know, so naturally he couldn't stay any longer, so he got up to say goodbye and took Feng Bao out of the Yang Mansion.

"Eunuch Feng, could you please go back and tell me that tomorrow Guangde will have to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate before returning to the palace to serve."

Before Wei Guangde got on the carriage, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and walked to Feng Bao and said.

"Master Wei, go and I will bring you the message."

Feng Bao replied hurriedly.

Wei Guangde raised his hand to Feng Baogong, watched him get on the carriage, and then returned to his own carriage.

Feng Bao returned to Prince Yu's Mansion, while Wei Guangde went home directly. Thinking of the news he received today, Wei Guangde smacked his lips and made up his mind to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate tomorrow just to go through the motions and take a look, without saying anything.

It is the end of the year, and the major yamen in the capital have begun the final summary work, sorting out the affairs of the year, and finally sending them to the palace in the form of memorials for the emperor to preview.

The Ministry of Household Affairs naturally summarized all the tax revenue and fiscal expenditures in the entire Jiajing forty years, but it didn't take much to think about it to know that it was definitely a deficit. The previous deficit could not be made up, and it continued to expand.

The Ministry of Industry summarizes large-scale national projects such as the Three Main Halls, giving an approximate completion time, as well as data on the Ministry of Industry's income and expenditure.

Ministry of War

Ministry of Rites

In the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were also discussing a directory in their hands, and there was a thick directory on the desk next to them.

This is a record of the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate's inspection of officials from various departments across the country, and their evaluation of the officials' work performance.

Tomorrow, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will first take out this official document and hand it over to the imperial censor in Beijing for viewing. Once it is confirmed to be correct, it will be used as the title book of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the official department for final docking. It will only wait until the end of the year to report it to the Emperor Jiajing to evaluate the personnel. Provide promotion rewards and punishments.

"Master Pan, I think it's almost the same. I have communicated with various censors before, and everyone thinks it is credible."

The censor of Youdu said to Pan.

"If that's the case, then let's do it. Tomorrow the court will ask all the censors to take a look at it again. After confirming that it is correct, a copy will be sent to the Ministry of Personnel. We can also report this matter with them after the year."

Paine smiled and nodded. In fact, in the eyes of these old officials like them, the annual inspection is just a formality.

As long as there is no trouble under the rule for a year, the worst evaluation will be a medium evaluation. Although he will not be promoted, there will still be no problem in retaining his official position.

As for those officials who want to be eliminated, they are either too old and unfit to continue to hold official positions, or they have offended the people above them and want to be removed.

"It should be said that the inspections in other places are quite suitable, but Zhejiang and Fujian are a bit rushed."

At this time, the censor of Youdu reminded Pan En.

"In the officialdom of Zhejiang and Fujian, in many cases it doesn't matter what the officials say, it still has to be decided by the person."

Pan En shook his head and said, "In any case, it is the evaluation given by the patrol censor sent by Nanjing. The censors in the capital are not willing to go there. I guess they can't say anything about these evaluations."

On the second day, Wei Guangde appeared in front of the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate on time, wrote his name on the register, and walked into the Metropolitan Procuratorate with several censors.

Along the way, Wei Guangde also roughly understood what was going on today, which was to announce the results of this year's evaluation of officials from all over the country by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Those who want to be impeached can communicate with the court in advance, so as not to give a good evaluation to an official and then turn around. There are cases where the imperial censor impeaches someone.

"This year, more than 2,000 people were evaluated according to the decree, and nearly 100 people are to be dismissed and punished?"

Hearing the discussion of several people, Wei Guangde felt thunder rolling from the sky.

In the past two years, Wei Guangde also participated in such meetings. In his impression, it was just a matter of deposing a dozen people. Why are there so many this year?

"Shandai, you don't have many people on the Fujian Road roster. Most of them are newly elected officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and they haven't been evaluated so quickly."

Someone saw Wei Guangde's surprised face and laughed.

Wei Guangde smiled sheepishly. He naturally knew that if they, the Fujian Taoist censors, wanted to send people to patrol the prefectures around the capital, they would rush to do it one by one. But once it was time to send people to Fujian to serve as patrols, According to the censor's words, everyone had to push back and forth, and in the end they could only pass the job to someone sent by the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wei Guangde is pretty good. After all, he is just a name in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It's too late for people to take pictures of Qian Dilong's fart. Who would want to be sent to Fujian as an official, but the other people in Fujian are too shameful.

Wei Guangde followed everyone into the lobby of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. At this time, there were countless censors who had arrived early in the huge auditorium. They all gathered together to talk about today's court meeting.

Wei Guangde searched for a while in the crowd and found where several Fujian censors were, so he squeezed through.

Similar to the news he heard on the road, this evaluation really has little to do with Fujian Dao, which means that he only needs to sit down and leave until the end of the hospital meeting, and take it with him. A New Year's gift prepared by the Metropolitan Procuratorate for all colleagues.

"What will be given to the courtyard this year? Will it be the same as last year?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously. He doesn't appear here often, so the information is naturally not well-informed.

At last year's regular meeting, Wei Guangde went south on errands and didn't arrive, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate still sent someone to deliver things to his home.

Only after Wei Guangde returned to the capital did he find out from home that what he had given was some grain and meat, as well as cloth and a red envelope. It was just that one of the cloth and red envelope was a year-end gift, and the red envelope contained two taels of silver and some treasure notes.

The treasure banknotes were, of course, an annual gift from Emperor Jiajing. What could be issued in the palace were the cloth sent by Jiangnan Weaving and the treasure banknotes printed by the inner court.

"It's like this every year. I heard that there might be more treasure, haha."

A colleague smiled at Wei Guangde.

Everyone knows that treasure banknotes are useless, but it is this useless thing. With a large number of uncontrolled printing and no recycling mechanism, treasure banknotes are no longer circulating in the market, but the printing of treasure banknotes has never stopped.

"This year Yunnan donated copper materials and made a batch of copper coins, which will probably be placed in red envelopes as annual gifts."

Someone else said happily.

Wei Guangde knew what it was at the first time, Jiajing Tongbao, carrying Xiaoping money for bare people, reading the real book directly, but it contained official meaning.

Jiajing Tongbao coins are made of brass. At the same time, in order to prevent private casting, the coin casting process has also been improved, including casting techniques such as fire paint, spiral edges, and gold backs.

When Wei Guangde arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he had a lot of copper coins coming in and out of his hands, but the one that really made him feel like "copper coins" was the Jiajing Tongbao.

In any case, Jiajing Tongbao is yellow in the hand, unlike other Tongbao, which is either black or green.

When Paine entered the lobby, all the censors who were talking consciously stopped talking, stood up and paid attention to the censors on the left and right who entered the door.

The censors are a group with a strong sense of discipline. At this time, there was no buzz in the lobby that is often heard in conferences. Although it is a bit exaggerated to say that you can hear a needle drop, no one said anything.

Paine was not a man of many words. After briefly summarizing the achievements of the Metropolitan Procuratorate over the past year, everyone started talking about today's events.

However, the performance of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is how many people have been impeached this year, how many have been successfully impeached, and then they are asked to keep up their efforts, continue impeaching, and increase the success rate of impeachment, which is euphemistically called supervising hundreds of officials.

Wei Guangde felt funny in his heart, but like everyone else, he listened to Paine's admonishment with a serious face, and then began to read "Investigating the Official Documents of All the Officials in the World".

"There are eight people including Gu Chong, the deputy envoy of Laoji's inspection department, six people including Pu Zhihao, the dismissed deputy envoy, and fifty-four people including Wang Guozhen, the unruly envoy. Twenty-six people, including Wang Weishu, who are not as talented as the deputy envoys who participate in politics, are greedy and cruel. Li Jingcui and four others”

Most of the inspecting officials were officials from the Chief Envoys' Department and the Inspection's Envoys' Department. Wei Guangde sensed something different from usual when he kept reading out names.

During the forty years of Jiajing, there were many changes in ministers and ministers in the court, which was a reflection of the emperor's will. Now, at today's meeting of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Wei Guangde felt that this trend had spread from the central government to the local areas.

Behind each individual's name, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has set reasons for dismissal, such as old age and illness, greed, cruelty, or lack of care.

After reading the list of those who want to be dismissed, the next step is to evaluate the top officials who are recommended for promotion.

It was already the afternoon after the court meeting, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also organized a dinner at noon. It was still early when Wei Guangde left the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he also went back to Prince Yu's Mansion first.

Prince Yu's Mansion has a total of more than a hundred people in the capital and local areas, most of whom are either in the capital or Nanjing. Therefore, the promotion of officials in this meeting has little to do with Prince Yu's Mansion, but Wei Guangde immediately decided to do so after returning to Prince Yu's Mansion. I found Li Fang and asked for the directory from him to look at it.

After reading it carefully, Wei Guangde handed the directory back to Li Fang.

"Has the decision been made by the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Li Fang asked after collecting the directory.

"It's settled, a lot of people have to be replaced."

Wei Guangde replied.

"It shouldn't have much to do with this place. If anyone was really caught, they would have contacted the palace for help a long time ago."

Li Fang said to Wei Guangde with a slight smile.

As long as the name of the deposed person does not appear on the book, it actually has little to do with Wei Guangde.

In fact, Wei Guangde still knows this in his heart, but he still has to do it. This is an attitude.

Not long after, Wei Guangde saw King Yu and told him about yesterday's conversation at Yang Bo's house, and also briefly mentioned the content of today's meeting in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Da Sima, Feng Bao came back and talked to me yesterday. It will depend on the situation. After all, the Ministry of War has its own considerations."

King Yu said after listening to Wei Guangde's words.

"That's how it should be."

Wei Guangde nodded and said, "I plan to reply to Dong Yiyuan in two days. Can His Highness give them a calligraphy treasure to make them happy?"

Wei Guangde picked up some of the gifts Dong Yiyuan sent for the second time and sent them to Prince Yu's Mansion, saying that they were the filial piety of the Dong brothers. Prince Yu didn't care about those things, but he should return something from etiquette.

"Send a subtitle?"

King Yu hesitated for a moment before nodding. It was a favor without any expense.