Chapter 201 Reasonable! This is very reasonable! (Subscribe)

Your Majesty, I have something else to say.

In the main hall of Wanshou Palace.

Yan Shaoting stared straight at the old Taoist priest on the throne.

Inside the hall, Xu Jie remained calm thanks to his years of practice.

But.

The space between his eyebrows was twitching.

Ever since Yan Shaoting came to prominence in the court, whenever it was time to make reports before the emperor, he would come up with all kinds of things out of thin air!
Once or twice is fine.

This happens again and again.

Always gossiping.

For a while.

Xu Jie only felt that his blood vessels were blocked and unbearable.

Behind the pearl curtain, Jiajing had a smile on his face, but at the same time there was a bit of scrutiny in his eyes.

He did not want any major chaos to occur in the court at this time.

"You go ahead and tell me."

Jiajing said lightly.

Yan Shaoting bowed and said, "Your Majesty, today I have presented a proposal to the Holy Lord in the Wanshou Palace and have decided to investigate the deficits in the accounts of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion."

"Now, the Minister Gao has presented Dong Fen's illegal confession. Your Majesty has made a wise decision and ordered him to stay at home and make a defense for himself, pending verification of the truth."

"It can be seen that the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion were not the only ones with deficits in their accounts, but also that the administration of the two yamen was corrupted by corruption."

"Dong Fen was originally an examiner for the spring examination of the 41st year of the Jiajing reign of the next year, but he was removed from his post due to some incident."

"Then are there officials in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion who are free of mistakes and omissions?"

Now both the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Palace have deficits in their accounts.

In addition, some Hanlin academicians and Dong Fen, the Chancellor of the Chancellery, were ordered to stay at home pending investigation for possible illegal activities.

Then.

Could it be other people from the Zhanshi Mansion and the Hanlin Academy?

Is there nothing wrong with it?

Yan Shaoting spoke softly, but his murderous intent was evident.

Xu Jie felt even more nervous.

This fellow Yan Shaoting wants to wipe out the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion in one fell swoop!

But before he could open his mouth to defend the two yamen.

Yan Shaoting spoke again, "I think that since Dong Fen has been temporarily removed from the position of examiner for the next year's spring examination of Renxu due to some matters, and the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion are not in Qingming, should the officials in the two offices also be removed from the list of officials with authority for the spring examination of Renxu?"

Because of Dong Fen, all the officials from the two yamen who participated in the Spring Examination were to be kicked out.

Is this reasonable?

This makes perfect sense!

Kick out all of Xu Jie’s forces from next year’s spring imperial examination.

This is Yan Shaoting’s real purpose today.

Use Dong Fen to overthrow Xu Jie?
This is obviously impossible.

But Dong Fen could be used to squeeze Xu Jie's influence in the imperial examination of the year Renxu, until he was the only examiner left.

and.

Isn't there another matter to discuss today?
Yan Shaoting couldn't help but sigh.

Dong Fen is such a good person!
At this time, Yan Shaoting's purpose was completely clear.

Placed in front of everyone.

Xu Jie's pupils suddenly shrank.

If what Yan Shaoting said is true, in the spring examination of next year's Renxu year, which has been scheduled, three examiners will be removed, and all the people on the list of examiners will be removed.

at this time.

Minister of Rites Yan Ne immediately said, "Mr. Yan, if it is according to your opinion, Mr. Yan also holds official positions in the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion. Should Mr. Yan be removed from his position as the chief examiner?"

Xu Jie immediately turned around and looked at Yan Ne.

That’s a good question!
You, Yan Shaoting, want to remove the people from the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Palace in the spring examination of the Renxu year.

Then, should you also be removed from your positions as Reader in the Hanlin Academy and Right Shuzi of the Right Spring Office in the Zhanshi Palace?

But Yan Shaoting said calmly, "Minister Yan, since I became an official, I have been a reader in the Hanlin Academy and a right scholar in the Right Spring Office of the Zhanshi Palace, all of which were appointed by your majesty. But I have never been to the two yamen to report for duty, and I have never had any financial transactions with the two yamen."

Yan Ne's eyes darkened immediately: "Then isn't Yan Shidu confessing himself, and is suspected of dereliction of duty and negligence?"

You said you didn't report to work at the two government offices.

Well.

If you, Yan Shaoting, take the salary from the court but don't do your job properly, that's dereliction of duty!
Yan Shaoting smiled and said, "Minister Yan, don't you know that I have several positions and duties? Although I have never been to the Hanlin Academy or the Zhanshi Mansion to report for duty, I have taken up the positions in the two government offices. I send a letter to the emperor every day stating the reason. The Minister can send someone to check."

Do you really think those large boxes of imperial edicts that the Yan family had prepared long ago are a waste?

Yan Shaoting stared at Yan Ne with a dim gaze.

Seeing Yan Ne speechless and blushing after being squeezed out.

Yan Shaoting bowed to the old Taoist priest and said, "The Minister may not know that I have received Your Majesty's grace and have been told that I do not need to report to the various government offices, nor do I need to take the imperial edict to leave.

But even if I have your Majesty's oral instructions, I must send a letter to the various government offices every day except for my day off, and the Minister can also verify whether it is true. "

As soon as these words came out.

Even Jiajing was a little surprised.

He did remember saying that Yan Shaoting didn't need to send imperial edicts to various ministries and yamen every day.

But he didn't expect that this kid was still insisting on doing this.

Yan Ne's face was full of surprise at this moment, and he couldn't help but glance at Xu Jie.

Yan Song then said, "We serve as officials in the court, whether in the cabinet or the six ministries, all because of your majesty's grace. But your majesty's grace is so great that the ministers cannot ignore the monarch. Yan Shaoting abides by the rules. Even with your majesty's oral order, he still sends imperial edicts to the various ministries and the officials in the Ministry of Personnel should be praised."

But Gao Gong had never known about this matter.

The expression on his face is even more wonderful.

He looked at Yan Shaoting deeply. He never thought of it.

This kid seems to have a wild mind on weekdays, but he is actually very law-abiding at heart.

Gao Gong also spoke up, "Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to praise Yan Shaoting in the court to encourage court officials. You must not abolish the rules because of your grace."

Seeing that even this matter could not suppress Yan Shaoting.

Xu Jie pondered and could only speak slowly: "Your Majesty, the Spring Examination is a major event of the country. The officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion are selected to participate because of their talent and reputation. It is also a past practice.

"Now, since Dong Fen may have made illegal confessions, it is reasonable to dismiss him from his position as an examiner for the Spring Examination of the Renxu Year.

But if all the officials of the two yamen are eliminated, it would be unfair. Besides, the Spring Examination will be held in a few months. If all these people of the two yamen are eliminated, it will be difficult for the court to select new officials. "

As soon as Xu Jie finished speaking, Yan Shaoting chuckled.

This caused Xu Jie to turn around on the spot and look at Yan Shaoting with displeasure.

"I am only telling the truth, why is Yan Shidu laughing?"

Yan Shaoting smiled and cupped his hands, then said: "Lord Xu, you said that the officials from the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion will be tried out in the Spring Examination to judge their talent and reputation.

"But is it possible that the six ministries, five temples and nine ministers of the Ming Dynasty are not talented and learned?
Is it true that in our Ming Dynasty, only the officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion are talented and learned?"

After saying that.

Yan Shaoting looked at Xu Jie with profound eyes.

You, Old Xu, have to make yourself clear.

In your mind, Lord Xu, are the people from the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion the only capable ones?

Everyone else in the court is trash?

Xu Jie's face suddenly changed.

"That's not what I meant!"

"Since Lord Xu doesn't mean that, then this matter will be easy to handle."

Yan Shaoting said this, then turned to look at the old Taoist priest behind the pearl curtain: "Your Majesty, I think that even if the officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion are removed from the spring examination of the Renxu year, the court can also use the censors of the six ministries, five temples and nine officials to replace them."

Gao Gong immediately stepped forward and said, "I second the proposal. The Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion are currently investigating some issues, so it is not appropriate to hold the Spring Examination of the Renxu Year."

Minister of Finance Gao Yao even said, "Your Majesty, the officials of the various ministries of the court are also selected from the two lists of Jinshi in the past years. Many of them are selected to work in the Hanlin Academy after they are on the gold list, or are selected as Shujishi. The Hanlin Academy is full of talented people, and the court is also full of talented people."

After saying this, Gao Yao glanced at Xu Jie.

obviously.

Xu Jie, who had just been bullied by Yan Shaoting, had already offended Gao Yao with his words.

You are the only one with talent in the Hanlin Academy.

Are other people not human beings?

You, Lord Xu, are aloof!
Ouyang Bijin even glanced at Xu Jie and said, "Lord Xu, are the officials of the various departments of the court talented enough to take on the Spring Examination? If your Majesty has a verbal order, the Censorate can also select one or two talented officials to take on the Spring Examination."

This is almost like hitting the face with a big dimmer.

Xu Jie's face turned blue and purple.

By now.

Because of this guy Yan Shaoting, I was forced to this point.

Xu Jie could only bow and clasp his fists: "Your Majesty, I have no objection. I was just worried that if officials were transferred from other places to take up the Spring Examination, it might delay the work of our department. I didn't think of anything else."

Things had come to this point, and Xu Jie had no choice but to accept it. The officials of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Palace were eliminated from the Renxu Spring Examination.

By the way, I also have to explain myself.

Even though this explanation seems very pale and powerless.

But it also needs to be explained.

Jiajing then smiled and said, "Since that's the case, let's decide accordingly. The cabinet will work with the various ministries to nominate another list of candidates. The Spring Examination is a major event for the country to recruit talents, and we must not neglect it."

"I will take your orders."

At this point, the matter has been completely settled.

Xu Jie lowered his head, his face full of gloom.

Just because Dong Fen made a confession that might have involved illegal activities, he was removed from the list of examiners for the spring examination of the Renxu year. The Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion were to have their accounts audited, and he would also be removed from the list of examiners for the spring examination next year.

This was something Xu Jie could never have imagined.

Xu Jie lowered his head and glanced at Yan Shaoting who was not far away.

There was a hint of gloom in his eyes.

Yan Song also spoke up at this time: "Your Majesty, now that the matter of the Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Mansion has been settled, the next thing to do is to decide on the position of the Minister of Personnel."

Jiajing nodded and said, "In the former Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Personnel was a heavenly official, in charge of all officials in the country, and the head of all officials. It cannot be left undecided for long. The Cabinet and the six ministries can recommend candidates."

The Hanlin Academy and the Zhanshi Palace are just trivial matters.

It was originally a government with little money.

Although they were noble, everyone present was a Jinshi (two successful candidates in the imperial examination) and a newly appointed Hanlin.

Even if all the officials of the two yamen were dismissed today, it would only be a unique case in the 200 years of the Ming Dynasty.

It doesn't even count.

But the position of Minister of Personnel is different.

This is the place that holds the lifeline of promotion for all civil and military officials in the entire country.

Officials below the third rank are directly recommended and appointed by the Ministry of Personnel.

For officials above the third rank, the Ministry of Personnel acts in the name of the Cabinet and recommends officials for appointment and dismissal through court discussion.

Xu Jie immediately gathered his composure.

Focus your attention on the selection of the Minister of Personnel.

I have already lost a city today.

There must be some gains and some losses.

This is the Minister of Personnel.

It's my turn to win!

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