Chapter 24 The Ins and Outs
After looking at Chen Ju and Zhang Jing, Zhu Yijun smiled and asked, "How is the matter you asked you to investigate?" He said to the two of them, but Zhu Yijun saw that it was indeed Chen Ju, and was obviously planning to let Chen Ju say it first.
Chen Ju took a step forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you have found out!"
Zhu Yijun nodded and said in a calm tone: "Tell me!"
"This Liu Tai was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, ranked among the top three, and was not particularly outstanding. After becoming a Jinshi, he could not stay in the capital. Instead, he was called the county magistrate and had no close contact with Zhang Ge Lao."
Zhu Yijun nodded. He knew that there were three first-class students in the imperial examination, and the second-class candidate Tanhua, who was sure to enter the Hanlin Academy. Basically, they would be the Hanlin editor. The top few in the second-class students would basically be selected by Shujishi.
Hanlin was a poet, and he was an absolute noble official of the Qing Dynasty. After all, he had the unspoken rule that "no Hanlin could not enter the cabinet", so he was admitted to Hanlin and was definitely the top of this group of imperial examinations, just like later generations were admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.
Other scholars who were slightly worse at the second level would be sent to the Censorate and the Sixth Department Office after observing the government and became officials in the capital.
When you reach the third grade, it is unlikely that you will stay in the capital. You will basically be thrown into the place. These people mean that the group did not do well this time. Of course, it is not easy to pass the Jinshi exam. They are just a little worse among the group of people who passed the exam, and those who failed the exam are not qualified to compare with them.
The first class is a Jinshi and a Jinshi, the second class is a Jinshi, and the third class is a Jinshi, and the same title can be seen, and there are very different differences here.
Since Liu Tai was taken to the local area to become a county magistrate, this proves that he is not the best in this class.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but be curious after hearing this. Although Zhang Juzheng was the attendant of the candidates of that class, he could not pay attention to everyone. It is understandable that people like Liu Tai could not catch Zhang Juzheng's eyes.
You should know that at that time, Zhang Juzheng was already the second assistant to the cabinet. Although Gao Gong was pressed down on him, he was not completely unable to fight back.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun listened to Chen Ju and continued more seriously.
"Liu Tai was sent by the Ministry of Personnel to Jiangling!" Liu Tai said here, pausing clearly.
Zhu Yijun was also stunned. He went to Jiangling? Zhu Yijun understood a little. Many people should have heard of what Jiangling is. But before, I knew it was because of the Tang Dynasty poem "A thousand miles of Jiangling return in one day", but now it is different.
Since Zhang Juzheng became the chief minister of the cabinet and was in power, everyone knew that Jiangling had a Zhang Taiyue!
Zhang Juzheng, whose courtesy name is Taiyue, is naturally what Zhang Juzheng is talking about.
Zhu Yijun nodded. No wonder Liu Tai came into Zhang Juzheng's eyes. It turned out that Liu Tai ran to Zhang Juzheng's hometown. Is this an alternative approaching tower to get the moon first? Zhu Yijun sighed and knew that the relationship between Zhang Juzheng and Liu Tai was not that simple.
"After Liu Tai arrived in Jiangling, he regarded himself as a student of Mr. Zhang and visited Zhang's house many times. Zhang Wenming's father was deeply loved by Mr. Zhang."
"At that time, the Yangtze River was changed, and the old river channel became a large wasteland."
The deserted land? Zhu Yijun was stunned and said it was a deserted land, but everyone knew that if you only need to cultivate that kind of place, it would soon become a fertile land. No need to say that Zhu Yijun knew that this land is probably from the Zhang family now.
"Liu Tai issued a notice in the name of the government office, deciding that the deserted land was a masterless property, and issued a notice to find the owner."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun almost laughed angry. That wasteland was the property of the country and the land of the country. To put it bluntly, it was the land of the emperor. How shameless it is to find the owner.
Not to mention anything else, if it is sold as a fertile land, or as a public rental land, what is the benefit to find the owner?
"Liu Tai personally visited Zhang Ge Lao's father Zhang Wenming, saying that this land lost to the Zhang family and should be returned to the Zhang family." Chen Ju said here, and the head of the platform glanced at Zhu Yijun and was cautious.
Zhu Yijun had no expression on his face, but stared at Liu Tai's memorial.
Originally, Zhu Yijun still had a little hope in his heart. Although he did not believe that Liu Tai impeached Zhang Juzheng out of justice, what if it was true? After all, the memorial was written so well.
Now that he heard Chen Ju's words, Zhu Yijun was completely disappointed with this guy. Although he guessed correctly, he couldn't be happy.
"In the years when Liu Tai recognized the magistrate of Jiangling, the land of the Zhang family increased several times. Originally, the Zhang family was just an ordinary gentry in Jiangling. By the time Liu Tai left office, the Zhang family had already been named "rich Jingchu".
Zhu Yijun sighed. The descendants of the sons were popular to cheat their fathers, but now the fathers were popular to cheat their sons.
Zhang Juzheng was far away in the capital, and Zhu Yijun didn't believe that he had the energy to care about his father's embezzlement of land everywhere at home. However, it was obvious that when Zhang Juzheng's father embezzled the land, he would definitely not look good.
Zhang Ju is employed, and he is really unpredictable. He uses everyone!
"Then how did Liu Tai go from the magistrate to the Liaodong Censor? I don't believe it because he gave the Zhang family a piece of wasteland." Zhu Yijun said sarcastically. Zhang Juzheng had many shortcomings and had problems with the standards of employment, but Zhu Yijun definitely did not believe that Zhang Juzheng arranged official positions for people for a piece of land or money.
Zhang Juzheng has many shortcomings, but he is an ideal and ambitious person. He has his own pursuits in realizing his own self-worth in life.
"The Emperor's Holy Lord!" Chen Ju nodded and said respectfully: "It's because Zhang Ge Lao's father, Zhang Wenming, the father of Zhang Ge Lao, took the opportunity to write a letter to Zhang Ge Lao and praised Liu Tai very much."
Zhu Yijun nodded. In fact, those wastelands had their effect, but they had their effect on Zhang Juzheng's father Zhang Wenming.
"Old Zhang asked someone to check Liu Tai's examination results record and found that Liu Tai's performance was all the best, so Mr Zhang transferred Liu Tai to the Ministry of Revenue. A year later, Liu Tai's performance was higher and Mr Zhang recommended Liu Tai to the Censorate."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said that Zhang Juzheng would not just listen to his father, but he did a year of assessment.
Through this conversation, Zhu Yijun can probably judge Liu Tai's character, beautifying the best, and do the things at his hands well. Speaking of which, it is the kind of person who can achieve outstanding achievements and please the leaders.
As for loyalty to the country and love for the people, there is no such person. This is a typical "official". Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or later generations, there are many such people. They only have official positions. What they do is beneficial for promotion, so what they do.
It is even more regrettable to pay for some things, not to mention that it is not himself who harms the interests of the country, but the interests of the country.
This kind of person will be loved by his leaders no matter in his later generations or in this era. In the officialdom, he will definitely be like a fish. In addition, he hugged Zhang Juzheng's thigh, no matter how he looks, he will have a bright future.
How could such a person do something to impeach Zhang Juzheng? Is he crazy?
"I have something very curious about. How did you know that Zhang Juzheng checked Liu Tai's performance exam?" Zhu Yijun was really curious. After all, it has been several years.
Chen Ju was stunned. He didn't expect Zhu Yijun to ask this question, and was a little stunned, but he immediately recovered and quickly said, "Old Master, we have found the Ministry of Personnel's document transferred to the capital by Liu Tai."
So that's the case, Zhu Yijun nodded, but can the internal factory achieve this level?
Zhu Yijun didn't continue asking, as long as he knew that Chen Ju had a basis. Zhu Yijun already knew how Liu Tai got Zhang Juzheng's attention and value. He originally wanted Zhang Juzheng to deal with Liu Tai, but he felt a little reluctant, but now he has nothing left.
If Liu Tai is really loyal to the emperor and patriotism and righteous, although he will not deal with Zhang Juzheng for his sake, he will find a way to protect him. There is no need now. It is also mixed with Zhu Yijun's expectation. Is it true that behind the high-sounding thieves are thieves and prostitutes?
Now Zhu Yijun can be sure, yes, after being high-sounding, he will be a thief and a prostitute.
Holding high the banner of righteousness, the youthful snow in front of others is full of righteousness, and the opposite is true behind it. It is definitely a dirty attribute that can be done in anything. Zhu Yijun only has two words for the so-called clear stream in the Ming Dynasty: Haha!
Zhu Yijun reminded himself in his heart that he could not overturn a boat, but the first time he met him was really bad.
Turning his head to Zhang Jing, Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "Now you tell me, I also want to know how Liu Tai broke up with Zhang Juzheng. According to Chen Ju, it was too late for Liu Tai to flatter Zhang Juzheng, so why would he think about impeaching Zhang Juzheng while submitting a memorial?"
Zhang Jing has been listening since the beginning. Listening to Chen Ju talk about his investigation results one by one, Zhang Jing's heart trembled.
Chen Ju is so capable. He can find so many things in such a short time. It seems that the internal factory cannot be underestimated. Zhang Jing felt much pressure. Now when he heard Zhu Yijun ask him, he quickly cheered up. Dongchang cannot lose.
"After Liu Tai recognized the Liaodong inspection, he did things safely and satisfactory, and was very fond of Ge Lao Zhang."
"In the fourth year of Wanli, the general of Liaodong, Li Chengliang, defeated the tribes of Taining, Mongolia, and Liu Tai wrote a flaw and sent it to the capital. Originally, Liu Tai thought that this incident would be praised by Mr. Zhang, but he did not expect to anger Mr. Zhang."
"Old Zhang Ge ordered the cabinet to draft an edict, and the Chief Secretary for Lectures added seals, and issued an edict to reprimand Liu Tai."
Chapter completed!