Chapter 8 Rectification Movement (III)

"Your Majesty, Kong Yizhen has become a criminal. The Ministry of Education cannot be without a person in charge. I will ask the emperor to decide." Xu Guangqi said, because Kong Yizhen was a descendant of the Kong family, he was still a little talented and learned. He also deliberately put the people of the Kong family in this position. He did not know that he would make such a big mistake. It was unexpected that he knew about Henan's academic affairs, but he did not expect that it was related to Kong Yizhen.

"Then Xu Aiqing, do you have a suitable candidate?"

"This..." Xu Guangqi was in trouble for a moment. He only thought that the Ministry of Education could not be without a person in charge, but he did not think that there was any good candidate.

"Your Majesty, I have a suitable candidate?" Huang Zunsu said.

"Who?" Zhu Yinglong asked.

"Guo Duxian, this person is currently in Jiangsu Province. He is a rare talent, especially the person is honest, self-confident, fair and upright." Huang Zunsu said.

Guo Duxian, the name Zhu Yinglong is somewhat reflected, but it’s a pity that it’s not too deep, but the person recommended by Huang Zunsu should be bad. If it really doesn’t work, just change to others.

This Guo Duxian is a great talent. He was a scholar at the age of 16, a juren at the age of 19, and a Jinshi in the palace examination at the age of 23 (the second year of Tianqi in the Ming Dynasty). He served as a senior official in the Ministry of Personnel, a senior official in the examination, a chief officer, a member of the Selection Department of Literature, a strict personality, and a gentle character. He was knowledgeable and well-educated, skilled in poetry, thin and hard calligraphy, and was good at painting, and wrote pine, orchid, and bamboo. He once studied the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination and selected six people, including Shi Kefa, and were both teachers and friends with Shi Kefa. Now he was in his youth and strong strength. Zhu Yinglong weighed the matter and let Mao Xiang's father Mao Qizong replace Kong Yizhen's assistant minister. Guo Duxian was transferred from the position of Jiangsu Xuezheng to the capital to assist Mao Qizong in charge of the Ministry of Education.

The kings conspired to go bankrupt, and Zuo Liangyu was about to come to the capital to meet the saint. This is not the first time Zuo Liangyu has entered the capital, but this time he wants to meet the saint, and this time he will definitely see his future. Therefore, Zuo Liangyu, who is already a high-ranking official, is still a little nervous and uneasy.

With Kong Yizhen from the Ministry of Education being imprisoned by Dangting, marking the beginning of the "rectification movement". Zhu Yinglong plans to use the power of quelling civil unrest, take advantage of the situation to severely attack the unhealthy trends and evil spirits in the officialdom, and carry out a large-scale blood exchange in the officialdom to ensure the smooth implementation of his subsequent reforms and achieve the goal of upward and downward results.

Just as Zhu Yousong and several princes who were in trouble were escorted to Beijing, Zhu Yinglong instructed the cabinet to launch a "rectification movement" to rectify the national officialdom. The entire "rectification movement" revolved around the sixteen-character policy "the style of integrity, self-discipline, efficiency and frugality". Officials at all levels across the country will thoroughly implement and study the sixteen-character policy, correct their attitude towards being an official, deeply analyze their own problems, and strive to improve their own cultivation.

The rectification movement is different from the previous crackdown. The crackdown targets evil forces that harm the people and fugitive criminals, while the rectification movement targets unhealthy trends and evil spirits in the entire officialdom. In addition to the Beijing city under the feet of the emperor, after Zhu Yinglong's vigorous rectification, the atmosphere was the best. There were corruptions in different degrees of the country. In the past, to quell the chaos and fight, we could only endure it. Now we have freed up our hands and can no longer let it go. It is time to rectify the officialdom.

The style of integrity, as the name suggests, is to make officials honest and dedicated, not accept bribes, not eat and invite, and not accept gifts.

The style of self-discipline is to strictly demand yourself, wake up deeply, study hard, constantly transform yourself, serve as an official, and work hard to benefit the people.

The wind of efficiency is a campaign to target procrastination and shirking in the officialdom and not doing practical things. If the people have something to do, as local officials, they should not shirk the blame or delay the situation within their power. They must deal with the matter within the prescribed time.

The style of frugality is also a major drawback in the officialdom and the extravagant style of officials. Therefore, the court should advocate frugality. Frugality is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and saints also advocate frugality. These court officials who read the books of sages and make noise naturally cannot ignore the teachings of the sages!

In addition, the court has added the crime of "derality". This crime is aimed at officials who eat the salary of the court and do not serve the court, as well as officials who neglect their duties. The court will appoint the Supervision Department of the Ministry of Justice to fully deal with those officials who are illegal and dereliction of duty. This time, in the civil unrest, officials who wait and see and do not do their jobs will be severely investigated and punished by the Supervision Department.

The Ministry of Justice also issued a document, ordering all local prefectures, prefectures and counties to conduct comprehensive investigations on the prison government. After a joint investigation of all prisoners in prison, those who have wronged may immediately conduct self-inspection or retrial. If an injustice is found and sentenced within the specified time, the court will not hold him accountable during his term of office. If the person who has transferred him or her wronged is wronged during his or her term of office, he or she may be exempted from punishment. However, if there is obvious shelter or bribery during the trial, he or she must actively explain to the court. If he or she fails to surrender himself for the expiration of time, the punishment will be increased by one level.

In response to the various misunderstandings of the people that emerged after the promulgation of the two new laws, this time, Zhu Yinglong specially ordered the Beijing Military Region to transfer a brigade of cavalry to go to various prefectures, villages, and villages across the country. Each person brought notices of the rectification movement and a hundred original printed copies of the official documents issued by the Ministry of Justice to clear up unjust, false and wrong cases. Two or three people were responsible for a county and opened up comprehensive publicity. Only when the people knew the intention of the court, they would not be easily encouraged and blindly followed. When the court promulgated two new laws, they suffered the loss of this publicity, which gave Zhu Yousong and others the opportunity to take the opportunity to slander the new laws and incite the people to fight against the court. This time, they could not suffer such a loss again. Only by stabilizing the people, the court could let go of their hands and feet to rectify the officialdom. With the support of the people across the country, some unwilling loaches could not make any big waves!

With the vigorous rectification campaign, I believe that in the next few months, a large number of corrupt officials will be dismissed. In order to fill the vacancy after these officials are dismissed, in addition to drawing outstanding graduates from several first-established universities such as Beijing, Tsinghua University, Nanjing, and Kaifeng, Zhu Yinglong also issued an order to open the Entrepreneurship Department.

The purpose of Zhu Yinglong's order to open a tribute was half because the court needed a large number of young and promising young officials to purify the atmosphere of the officialdom, and half to win the hearts of scholars all over the world. Although the gentry is strong, they only represent a small half of scholars after all. Although the ways and conditions for these people to receive education are far higher than those of ordinary scholars, most of them are just substitutes, and the few who are truly talented are the few. Most scholars may not be as talented as those of the gentry who have received good elite education. However, their hard work and practicality may not be famous, but when they receive a good education, they will make a name for themselves, especially the court needs these officials who understand the sufferings of the people and come out of the people.

Although the imperial examination is not the most reasonable way to obtain talents, it is now the best and most mature way to obtain talents. After adding a little new element, the talents selected can basically meet Zhu Yinglong's requirements. Of course, if you want to be perfect, the gap of three hundred years is too big, which seems unlikely.

In order not to attract attention, Yan Peiwei led two teams to wander around the clock. Dorgon was injured and did not walk too fast. It took him sixteen days to arrive in the capital.

Yan Peiwei held a secret order and took Dorgon to the first prison first. Ma Jie had already received the secret order to imprison Dorgon on the second floor of the dark prison.

After Yan Peiwei arrived in Beijing, he learned that the court had used thunder to calm the civil unrest in various provinces. Thousands of people were arrested and tens of thousands were killed. The world was shocked. Especially many royal family members participated in this civil unrest, and all were arrested. No one was arrested. Everyone in the world looked at the capital with their eyes open to see how the court and the emperor would deal with these people this time, whether to kill or ban them like the previous King of Fu and Shu?

But at this critical moment, a piece of news shocked the officialdom in the capital and the world. King Zhu Zhishu of Shu was pardoned and restored his title and freedom, and returned the royal palace and part of his property. No one understood why the emperor suddenly made such a decision.

Finally, a news came out. The emperor had already noticed the abnormal movements of Zhu Yousong and the kings, but there was no evidence, so he was not good at harshly acting these royal relatives, so he sent the King of Shu to invade them and gained the every move of Zhu Yousong and the kings. How could the King of Shu know about this in the circle? This is simple. The King of Shu and King of Fu were banned together. How could his son not inform me of the matter? For freedom, the King of Shu naturally had a reason to make King of Fu believe it. Therefore, the King of Shu gained the trust of King of Fu, and naturally knew about the news of Zhu Yousong and the kings. The King of Shu made great contributions this time and naturally received a special pardon.

Although the King of Shu was regained his freedom, he was isolated by the royal family in the world. No matter whether it was right or wrong, anyone had no good feelings for the traitors. Especially when the King of Shu first opposed Zhu Youjian, and then betrayed Zhu Yousong and the kings, causing them to be imprisoned. Originally, the world's sympathy for Zhu Yousong and the royal family members of the kings hated the most in his heart, the emperor Zhu Youjian immediately, but now the limelight has turned around, these people concentrate their hatred on the King of Shu. They blamed the failure of Zhu Yousong and others for the betrayal and betrayal of the King of Shu. The emperor was just leaving another good luck, but his hatred was much smaller.

Of course, this is because he doesn't understand the inner lover's idea. Zhu Yinglong naturally won't say it. He was the one who threatened the King of Shu to be an undercover agent. Even if the King of Shu said it, no one believed it. It would make everyone think that he was expelling and defending himself. As for the kings such as Zhu Yousong and King Fu, it was impossible for them to say it again.

Everything was planned in advance, waiting for them to get into the trap one by one. When Zhu Yousong understood, everything was too late. Who is Zuo Liangyu? He had a clear understanding of who he was a speculator and a cunning executioner. However, this person had this calm mind. Therefore, he had reason to believe that Zuo Liangyu was using himself as a stepping stone and using the blood of him and these royal princes to make him climb up step by step. One day, he believed that Zuo Liangyu would not have a good end.

But who knows that Zuo Liangyu is also a piece in this chess game. He has no way to control his ambitions and can only be willing to make a piece that is used by others.

But Zuo Liangyu had to believe Zhu Yousong's words, because there are too many such examples throughout the ages, and few heroes have a good ending, especially the fate of the military generals is even more tragic, so Zuo Liangyu had to start planning for his future.
Chapter completed!