Chapter 259 Chapter 258(2/2)
Emperor Jiajing ordered Gao Zhong.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the new Jinshi is still watching the government, do you want to sort out a copy?"
Except for Yijia and Wei Guangde, none of the new Jinshi have been conferred yet. However, some people from the Ministry of Punishment may be conferred and released in the near future, so Gao Zhong wanted to confirm. After all, more than 20 people from this batch of Jinshi have followed.
Are those who issue impeachment memorials considered ministers in the eyes of the emperor?
"List them separately. Ask the Ministry of Personnel for a list of official appointments."
After saying this, Emperor Jiajing looked at the pair of memorials and had no intention of listening anymore. He waved his hand and said, "Keep them all in mind."
Still not giving a reply, no matter whether it is approval or rejection, this means that the situation will become even bigger.
This is the case with courtiers. If the emperor doesn't respond to some matters at first, they will become more interested, and they will continue to write letters repeatedly, and continue to expand the situation.
If you want to calm down, you need to delay it for a long time, until they are exhausted before they can calm down.
To amplify the situation, that is to not respond first and wait until everyone is in trouble before taking action.
This can also be regarded as the great ceremony incident. Emperor Jiajing realized a common problem among courtiers. When others submitted a letter about something, they would follow, one after another.
As long as it is not a major military matter, the current Emperor Jiajing can handle it with ease.
All you need to do is delay it for a while, wait for the courtiers to make a fuss, express their opinions, and take action at the climax of the letter if you want to deal with it.
Otherwise, it will be premature to take action. No matter what choice you make, there will inevitably be people nagging behind your back.
If you don't want to deal with them, it's easy to deal with them. Just keep hanging on and ignore them.
Therefore, in this era, the speed of government affairs processing in the Jiajing Dynasty felt very slow and very inefficient. However, in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, it was indeed the most effective method.
"Don't interfere with Hui's affairs."
Whether intentionally or not, the news of Gao Shouzhong speaking to Emperor Hui in front of Emperor Jiajing spread throughout the official circles of the capital within two days, and everyone could see the emperor's attitude at this time.
Completely contrary to the situation in previous years, Emperor Jiajing's words were equivalent to sending a signal - Zhu Zaijuan was finished.
More impeachment memorials rushed into the General Affairs Department like a flood. As a last resort, the cabinet directly arranged for people to sort out the memorials. They signed all the memorials to impeach King Hui according to the contents of the previous draft and sent them to the Secretary of Ceremonies.
At this time, Yan Song and Xu Jie were too lazy to take another look at such a memorial.
For ten days, the direction of the entire Ming Dynasty court was unanimously aimed at Prince Hui's Mansion in Junzhou, which was thousands of miles away.
At this time, King Hui had received the news from the capital and was extremely anxious. However, water far away could not quench his thirst. He could do nothing but prepare several carts of property and send them to the capital immediately.
At the very least, King Hui did not dare to write a letter to defend himself before the emperor issued an order to accuse him.
How do you know that the imperial court in the capital is impeaching you? If you can’t explain it clearly, then you are spying on the affairs of the state.
Just when almost all officials in the capital were involved, the time that Emperor Jiajing was waiting for was ripe.
Although the impeachment memorials were not approved and sent back to the cabinet, the cabinet was ordered to discuss with the six ministries and nine ministers to determine a candidate for the imperial envoy to go to Junzhou to verify the misdeeds of King Hui.
Naturally, the court cannot punish anyone just by chance. Necessary review procedures are still required.
The announcement of this decree made the officials in Beijing very excited, as if it was their victory.
Going to Junzhou to verify the misdeeds of King Hui is a good job. For a simple trip, you will gain political achievements and gain a good reputation. Who wouldn't want to?
The most active ones are the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Rites and other departments. Originally, the Zongren Mansion was the most appropriate department to investigate cases like the prince. After all, it was originally the yamen in charge of the royal family. However, after Yongle, the Zongren Mansion was mostly composed of
The Xun Qi was in charge of affairs, but the matters under its jurisdiction were all handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and the Zongren Mansion existed in name only.
Wei Guangde, the instigator of the storm, has naturally gained glory in front of his colleagues in the Hanlin Academy and others in the past few days.
The two impeachments were successful, but Wei Guangde did not dare to be proud because Chen Ju never sent him the results of his plan.
Chapter completed!