Ming Jiajing: Starting from Immortality

Chapter 10: Internal strife among Qingliu and rift between master and apprentice!
"Why didn't you report this to the Emperor?"

When Xu Jie heard about the performance evaluation system, he became anxious and questioned Zhang Juzheng.

Corrupt officials, mediocre officials, clean officials and strict party members all exist; the only difference is the number.

After decades of hard study, once one is admitted to a prestigious university, one is bound to be lost in the power.

In Xu Jie's view, as long as they don't do evil and disrupt the government, it's not a big deal.

This performance evaluation system is undoubtedly aimed at digging out the roots of officials throughout the world.

The capable ones go up, the mediocre ones go down.

The Ming Dynasty did not need such a strict system for evaluating officials.

In front of the emperor, Xu Jie was too heartbroken about his family's loss to think about anything else. Only then did he realize how much mystery was hidden in the emperor's words at the end of the financial meeting about canceling the budget at the beginning of the year.

Xu Jie, who realized it late, was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

If the Imperial Financial Meeting plundered the property of the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture, then this Imperial Financial Meeting cut off the possibility of the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture continuing to make money in the future.

Xu Jie never took Yan Shifan seriously, and he also regarded the position of the next prime minister of the cabinet as a sure thing.

Once the performance evaluation system is implemented, everyone will be promoted or demoted based on their own abilities and the results in their performance books. In that case, even if Xu Jie becomes the Prime Minister, how much benefit will he be able to gain?
How many families in the world can pass down official positions from generation to generation?

The power that is everlasting is the power that is fickle and makes people powerless.

Xu Jie, who was brainstorming, did not notice the changes in the expressions of the people in front of him and around him.

Prince Yu, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun looked at the person they once respected in shock, feeling so unfamiliar for the first time.

The performance evaluation system is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty and its people!

If we talk about the actions of the Xu family of Songjiang Prefecture at the imperial financial meeting, we can still use the excuse that Xu Jie was not aware of it and ignorance is not a crime.

When Xu Jie heard about the possible consequences of the performance evaluation system, he reacted subconsciously, which actually showed that Xu Jie was an official who was as obsessed with power and wealth as Yan Song.

In Xu Jie's mind, his own and his family's interests were the most important, followed by party interests, and third was the interests of the civil service group. The court and the people were not important.

perhaps.

This is not only Xu Jie's value concept, but also the value concept of countless officials in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty is still wise." Gao Gong could no longer hold back, and sarcastically replied, citing Xu Jie's words, "The reason why our Ming Dynasty is what it is today is because there are too few honest and capable officials, and corrupt officials are rampant. Your Majesty is determined to make progress, which is truly a blessing for our Ming Dynasty and the people of our Ming Dynasty."

"Su Qing!"

Xu Jie's tone became much more severe. "This is the real world. It is not wrong for people to have seven emotions and six desires. If official affairs are handled in such a rigid manner, then wouldn't everyone in the court be insecure?

The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed. Such reforms will only make officials lose their trust. In the end, no one wants to be an official, and no one dares to be an official. What do you want the emperor to do?"

Several generations of the Xu family have worked hard and painstakingly to build the family business for hundreds of years. How could it be destroyed like this?

Hear the words.

Gao Gong laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes. He cursed without disguising, "I have been an official for decades. I have seen many people striving for high positions, but I have never seen anyone who does not want to be an official or dares not to be an official. Lord Xu, isn't what you said absurd?"

By now.

The hot-tempered Gao Gong was unwilling to play along with Xu Jie any longer, so he broke up with Xu Jie in front of Prince Yu, and laughed and scolded Xu Jie's ridiculous words.

The support for the performance evaluation system is so strong that it cannot be expressed more strongly.

Noticing Gao Gong's abnormality, Xu Jie panicked and tried to persuade him to stay, "Mr. Su, you and I have served in the same court for many years. I know you are a minister of state. Once the Yan Party falls, the position of the chief minister of the cabinet will be passed on to you and me..." "Ahem!"

Prince Yu Zhu Zaihou, who was lying on the bed, could not stand it any longer. It was too presumptuous to openly discuss the change of the position of the Prime Minister in front of him, a prince and the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

If Xu Jie had not been his master, the position of crown prince would have needed to be fought for by Xu Jie, the leader of the Qingliu. The Ming court in the future would still need Qingliu officials for stability. At this moment, he would have harshly rebuked Xu Jie for his usurpation of the throne by acting in the interests of a subject.

"I don't have a father who is a prime minister, and I can't write good Qingci, so I have never wanted to be a prime minister."

Gao Gong, who was furious, exposed Prince Yu's roundabout way and bowed to Prince Yu on the couch, saying: "Your Highness, the Emperor has another order for me. I will take my leave."

Say it.

Gao Gong turned and left.

Xu Jie's face behind him turned pale.

The father of the Prime Minister refers to Yan Song, Yan Shifan, who was determined to push his son to be the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Everyone knows that the emperor likes Qingci, and Yan Song has always been called the Qingci Prime Minister.

But few people know that in the court, or to be more precise, in the cabinet, there is a person who writes Qingci better than Yan Song and can better cater to the emperor's thoughts. That person is Xu Jie.

After losing the halo filter of Yan Song, in Gao Gong's eyes, what Xu Jie has done over the years is no different from what Yan Song did in the past.

Yan Song relied on Qing Ci to get the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and Xu Jie also relied on Qing Ci, waiting for the downfall of Yan's party so that he could get the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Xu Jie is simply a little Yan Song!
In one sentence, Gao Gong cursed Yan Song, Yan Shifan and Xu Jie, and the internal strife among the Qingliu was completely exposed.

Zhang Juzheng, who should have been the protagonist but unexpectedly became a bystander, said nothing throughout the whole process. He looked at Gao Gong's back and thought about a question.

Ever since entering the court, my mentor Xu Jie has been trying to overthrow Yan. He is so devoted to overthrowing Yan that sometimes he even ignores the Ming court and the common people. So when the Yan Party is really overthrown and my mentor becomes the Prime Minister, will the Qingliu be the next "Yan Party"?
Throughout the ages, in countless classics, people who talk about justice but keep silent about the people are often not good officials.

"Taiyue!"

Hearing his mentor's call, Zhang Juzheng (Zi Shuda, Hao Taiyue) came to his senses and answered his mentor's original question, "Inspecting the memorials is the law established by our ancestors. It has been followed for a long time and regarded as a tradition. Now it is the beginning again. I will clarify the old rules and do not violate the laws established by our ancestors."

Zhang Juzheng, who was well-versed in classics, was even more familiar with the classics of this dynasty. The examination method had long been recorded in the "Da Ming Hui Dian", with black words and white paper clearly written on it. This was the wisdom of Emperor Chengzu Wen, but it was gradually forgotten over time. Now the emperor mentioned it again to demonstrate the wisdom of Emperor Chengzu Wen. If it was questioned, it would not only be questioning the emperor, but also questioning Emperor Chengzu Wen.

Who dares to question in front of the emperor?
The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed?
This is the law passed down from our ancestors!

After hearing the student's answer, Xu Jie almost died of anger. His intention was not to find endorsement for what the emperor did, but to find a counterexample. Why couldn't the student, who had been a child prodigy since childhood, understand?
The path of the ancestors' laws was not working, and the emperor wanted to vigorously promote the performance evaluation system, so the Qingliu could only accept it reluctantly.

Nothing is unachievable.

Xu Jie immediately thought of the loopholes in the performance evaluation system. Since officials needed to be checked and evaluated, people must be needed to do it.

As long as the review and assessment of officials is controlled by the clean government, the performance evaluation system is likely to become a means of quickly enforcing strict laws.

The six ministries and the Censorate are all the private preserves of the clean stream. If one of them becomes the supervisory body, the clean stream will flourish.

Xu Jie's eyes lit up. At this moment, the palace doorman came to report, "Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei has surrounded the palace."

"what?"

Prince Yu, Xu Jie and Tan Lun were shocked.

Zhang Juzheng's heart moved, and he vaguely guessed who the emperor would entrust the important task of inspecting and evaluating officials to.

Could it be that the Jinyiwei, who had been silent for a hundred years...

(End of this chapter)