Chapter 669: Imperial Division
As for Emperor Li Qianlong's establishment of the Imperial Division, the Shoufu Pavilion naturally disagreed, but what could it do if he did not agree? Li Qianlong made it clear that he wanted to forcibly set up an organization with imperial power, and no one could stop him. The most important thing is that the imperial secretary is nominally a personal staff member hired by the emperor, and the so-called official position is not an official position, and the officials cannot control it.
The Imperial Division was established, and most of the imperial ministers inside were not ready-made officials, most of them were Dao immortals found outside, such as Nie Zhizhong.
Regarding the matter of the Lord of the Starry Sky interfering in the government affairs, Xiao Yu and the others have already told Tianyuan Academy, but this kind of thing, Tianyuan Academy is also difficult to restrain it, and it is also because Nie Zhizhong's cultivation is too high and his status is too high, even if it is the dean's words, Nie Zhizhong will not listen.
In this way, the Imperial Division has a Dao Yuan real person, and in terms of strength, it is enough to compete with the Shoufu Pavilion. In addition, I don't know how long Li Qianlong has been planning, in addition to Dao Yuan real people such as Nie Zhizhong, he has also recruited many capable people.
Among them, there is a great literary saint, known as Mr. Jiang, the old man of Ruijiang, although this is not a small reputation, but he is a person who blindly implements the autocracy of imperial power, and even used to be an official who did not do it, and wrote some articles to criticize the first auxiliary pavilion and ask for the trial implementation of the imperial system, and his words are also sharp, although there are some supporters, but he is not the mainstream voice, so no one pays attention to him.
Who would have thought that after Li Qianlong ascended the throne, he actually found this old guy, and he was also made a big official and became a minister of the imperial department.
Except for this Mr. Jiang, Li Qianlong found the kind of rotten Confucianism who was loyal to the royal family, so he actually built the imperial division.
However, for the time being, the Imperial Department does not have any great power, but it also participates in court meetings every day, and most of the time it will interfere in some government affairs, and it is also the 'pen' of Emperor Li Qianlong, which is equivalent to what Li Qianlong explains, and those people in the Imperial Department will draw up an edict and exercise the power of delegation.
They are now the emperor's mouth, the emperor's pen, and it is conceivable that although there is no specific authority, in fact the power is quite huge.
On the contrary, it is the Shoufu Pavilion, Li Qianlong will not ask for opinions at all, many wills will not go through the Shoufu Pavilion, and directly through the Imperial Division, and on the contrary, the Shoufu Pavilion is difficult to exercise power beyond this emperor, fortunately, there are many important ministers in the Shoufu Pavilion, Zhongshu, Da Situ Sima and the six Shangshu, and many things cannot really bypass them, so they can also compete with each other.
In this way, a situation has been formed in which the two sides are vying for hegemony and are on the same footing.
Obviously, this is very unfavorable to the situation of the Holy Dynasty, these days, many things are just grinding their lips at the super meeting, but the real thing is not done, this kind of efficiency is a little worse than before.
In this way, the officials who really care about the pilgrimage are worried, but there is nothing they can do.
Back in the mansion, Chu Xian couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing this, Li Ziyun also knew why Chu Xian was worried, she didn't ask much, she just helped Chu Xian make tea and pour water, rub her shoulders and beat her back.
During these days, the people in the house, no matter who they were, tried not to disturb Chu Xian, and everyone knew that just the things that were going up made Chu Xian a little anxious.
Chu Xian is indeed troubled, now the Holy Dynasty has a feeling of black smoke and miasma, the Imperial Division has to mix everything, and now Chu Xian is still serving in the Wensheng Academy, just say that the test questions of the list students, the Imperial Division will interfere.
The most annoying thing is that the other party actually asked to modify the content of the test questions according to their wishes.
The Bangsheng Township Examination is a very important thing for the Holy Dynasty, it is a key to talent selection, and it is also an extremely important mechanism. According to the normal situation, the students on the list are tested in the five subjects of law, calligraphy, politics, art, and strategy, and the corrupt Confucians who respect the imperial power of the Imperial Department actually want to change these subjects and add some inexplicable topics.
For example, loyalty to the imperial power, how to establish the power of the emperor, etc., in addition, there are also many rules, just like in all the answers, there must be no criticism of the royal family, let alone criticism, even a little disrespect is not allowed.
Chu Xian refused to do this, on the side of Wensheng Academy, Chu Xian did not allow the imperial secretary to interfere, but he didn't expect that the next day at the court meeting, the imperial secretary participated in Chu Xian's book at the super meeting, saying that Chu Xian was arrogant, arrogant and autocratic, and did not respect the emperor's order, and so on, citing many problems, but the discerning people could see that these were all looking for trouble, so they were refuted by the officials.
At this time, Emperor Li Qianlong, who was sitting on it, snorted coldly, and at that moment, the court meeting was quiet.
"Chu Xian, you rejected the rectification methods proposed by Mr. Jiang one by one, but I don't think what you said is reasonable, strengthening the imperial power and respecting the royal way, that is something clearly written in the edict of the Holy Ancestor, what is wrong with asking Bangsheng to write a statement of loyalty to the emperor? Or do you think that you should not act in accordance with the edict of the Holy Ancestor?" Li Qianlong raised his momentum and looked at Chu Xian and asked.
Although Chu Xian was annoyed in his heart, he did not show anything, saluted first, and then said: "Back to the emperor, Chu Xian is acting in accordance with the order of the Holy Ancestor. ”
"Nonsense. The old rotten Confucian Mr. Jiang next to him couldn't help but speak, Chu Xian just shook his head: "Lord Jiang doesn't seem to agree, then may I ask, you are not only a well-known Confucian, but also a literary saint, you must be able to memorize the Holy Dynasty Codex, I don't know if you still remember how the code is written about the selection of talents and the establishment of the examination system for ranking students?"
On the other side, Mr. Jiang's face changed slightly, he naturally knew what Chu Xian was going to say, in the code of the Holy Dynasty, there are regulations on the system of the list of students, pay attention to freedom of speech, as long as there is no presumption, no evil words, and no evil words, then you can speak freely, so that talents can be considered and used by the Holy Dynasty.
Nowadays, they prefer to stipulate what candidates write and what they say, which is tantamount to restricting and controlling the other party's mouth and pen.
The problem is that the code of law was written by the Holy Ancestor himself, and it is the sect of the law of the Holy Dynasty, and all the laws must be obeyed.
Of course, the code of the Holy Dynasty was originally written by the Holy Ancestor, but the Holy Ancestor also said that the law is changeable, which means that the people of later generations can revise the code according to the actual situation and enrich it.
These Mr. Jiang naturally knew that this Chu Xian was using the words of the Holy Ancestor to deal with himself.
But unbeknownst to him, this happened to be a trap set by him.
I saw this old rotten Confucian Mr. Jiang sneered a few times: "Lord Chu is not a literati example, he does read a lot, okay, since you mentioned the Holy Dynasty Code, then, Jiang Mou happened to have a message to say to the emperor, my emperor is as holy as the sky, inherit the wish of the Holy Ancestor, and take charge of the Holy Dynasty, it is the luck of the world, and the hundred officials should do their best to assist, and there should be no disrespect or disrespect." But since the emperor ascended the throne, how difficult it is to carry out the work, and the dignified emperor is still subject to the constraints of you courtiers? Half of the things that the emperor has carried out have not been completed, or they have tried every means to obstruct it. ”
The old rotten man's voice became higher and higher, and finally he almost shouted angrily, a picture of great excitement.
I don't know, I really think he's worried about the country, and I really think he's a good person.
But everyone knows that this old rotten Confucian is the most undesirable thing, he talks some high-sounding, but he doesn't do anything serious.
Now that I say this, I am afraid that I am planning to use this incident to revise the code.
The Code of the Holy Dynasty is the Sect of Ten Thousand Laws, and generally speaking, it must not be easily modified, this old rotten Confucian is obviously uneasy and kind, if he is really allowed to change the Code under the pretext of it, it will inevitably cause disaster to the world.
The so-called interference in the test questions of the list of students is just an excuse, and sure enough, the old rotten Confucian said: "The old minister petitioned His Majesty, requesting that the code be amended and the rules of the emperor's respect should be added. ”
After speaking, he actually took the lead in kneeling down and bowed.
This time, the people are quite tired and uncomfortable, relatively speaking, all the immortal officials over there in the Shoufu Pavilion are frowning, if it is said that on weekdays, this old guy surnamed Jiang is just messing around, but the other party actually plans to revise the code of the Holy Dynasty, this kind of thing must not be tolerated.
Everyone knows that the Code of the Holy Dynasty is the root of all laws, and no matter who they are, they must obey it, and that is the most powerful 'weapon' of the Holy Dynasty, so the content of the Code is only the most basic, but every time it is amended, even if it is a word or phrase, it must be carefully handled, and it is something that must be discussed and agreed upon by all officials. This old rotten Confucian surnamed Jiang actually wants to add that bullshit imperial power etiquette to it, isn't this nonsense?
If you really let the other party succeed, then the other party will have a reason, just say that Li Qianlong wants to say one thing, if others do not agree, this is disrespecting the emperor, and they will ask the teacher to ask for the guilt, in this way, the Holy Dynasty will not become a word.
So, absolutely not.
At that moment, some immortal officials spoke out against it, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department even bluntly said that Jiang Boji didn't understand anything, and he was messing around, how could this code be revised like this, it was just nonsense.
Jiang Boji looked up to Bozi and said: "If you don't respect the imperial power, is there any reason? Jiang is not used to seeing you and others controlling the government and not respecting our emperor, you must know that the world is the imperial land, and you are all imperial ministers, and do not establish rules, so how can the emperor establish authority and hold power? This code must be changed if it is not changed. ”
On the imperial division's side, they all stood up to support Jiang Boji.
All of a sudden, the court was in chaos.
Interestingly, even if the court was in chaos, Li Qianlong still didn't say anything, and in the Shoufu Pavilion over there, Xiao Yu and Yang Zhenqing didn't speak.
These people were all calm, and everyone could see that Jiang Boji was just acting and foreshadowing before, and the real battle was still to come.
At this time, one of the ministers of the imperial department spoke: "Gong Jiang is not impatient, and it is okay not to revise the legal code, but the rules of respect and humility must be established, otherwise where is the imperial power? ”