It's a sunny day, autumn is hot, and the cool hall of Prince Jing's Mansion in Changsha is completely cool.
The Liang Hall is not big. It is a short hall in the Qianqing Palace and can only accommodate thirty people. The palace people took out dozens of large ice cubes from the ice cellar, which immediately made the palace cool. By controlling the number of ice cubes, the Liang Hall can also be adjusted The temperature in the room. With this ancient air conditioner, King Jing of the State of Jian could not get hot.
Zhu Hengjia was listening to the government. The weather was too hot and he couldn't bear to listen to the government in Fengtianmen. Zhu Hengjia simply summoned all the bachelors and relevant officials of the six ministries in this cool hall to listen in a small area and understand the things he cared about.< /p>
According to the order of official, household, ritual, soldier, punishment and work, Zhu Hengjia first asked about the performance appraisal of the official department.
"Gu Qing, Guo Qing, what's the situation with this year's 'Beijing inspection' (targeting officials in the capital) and 'Water inspection' (targeting foreign officials)?"
"Beijing Inspection" and "Outer Inspection" are assessments for officials inside and outside Beijing. During the Hongwu period, the examination was conducted every three years, and during the Hongzhi period it was changed to six years.
Zhu Hengjia felt that it was too long for those corrupt, mediocre and redundant officials to work for six years, so he ordered the restoration of Taizu's old system, with examinations every three years.
The "Beijing Inspection Plan" of the Ming Dynasty stipulated as follows: Officials of the fourth rank and above will submit their own reports and submit them to the Ministry of Personnel for evaluation, and the emperor will decide whether to retain them; officials below the fourth rank will be jointly inspected by the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
It is extremely necessary to change from six years to three years. In the past, because the time interval was too long, the Beijing inspection was almost a formality, and very few people lost their official positions due to the Beijing inspection.
Of course, it will be different if a political struggle breaks out. You will fight to the death! Various interviews (before the Beijing inspection, the staff will issue "questionnaires" to Jiuqing Kedao officials, because they are anonymous, they are often letters of complaint or even false accusations), Posts (similar to open letters, big-character posters), memorials (often reports of accusations), and dibao (similar to official Weibo) are flying all over the place. If faction A has the upper hand, officials of faction B will mostly receive evaluation comments about corruption, lack of diligence, and incompetence. .vice versa.
Gu Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, reported: "In the supervision of the country, this time the Ministry of Personnel's merit examination was conducted by the Jingchao and the Waichao. A total of 96 qualified officials were recorded, and they are planned to be promoted; 98 unqualified officials are planned to be given separate grades. Ask questions about dismissal, dismissal, order to serve, demote."
The procedures for Beijing and foreign inspections in the Ming Dynasty were very standardized, but the grade titles for the assessment were varied. If only one person failed, there would be "careless", "old", "impetuous" and so on. Taizu updated Funny, in the grand scheme of dealing with foreign officials, a "dianzui" (highest-ranking is the most, and lower-ranking is the highest) system was actually instituted. Officials were ordered to sit down and eat according to their assessment levels. If they were high-ranking, they would sit and eat; if they were middle-ranking, they would stand and eat. Food; inferior, not allowed to eat.
Zhu Hengjia thinks this is not okay and needs to be regulated.
With a stroke of a pen, whether it is "Beijing Inspector" or "External Inspector", all assessments will be based on four aspects: morality (morality), politics (political achievements), talent (talent), and age (age), which are called the "Four Grids". According to the "four levels", the assessment levels are divided into four categories: competent (first grade), diligent (second grade), service (third grade), and unqualified (last grade). The so-called "unqualified" refers to the "unqualified" Officials who meet the requirements of "Four Levels". Those who are qualified will be promoted; those who are unqualified will be dismissed from office and even held accountable.
Of course, those who are rated as "unqualified" should indicate the reasons. For example, greed, coolness, inaction, carelessness, old age, illness, impetuousness, lack of talent, etc.
After listening to Gu Yi's words, Zhu Hengjia looked at Guo Zhiqi, the censor of Zuodu of the Supervisory Yuan, and said: "Guo Qing, the Supervisory Yuan must play a supervisory role over the Beijing inspection and external inspection. If fraud is discovered or the examination is unfair, Ke Dao
Officials must have the courage to impeach officials who preside over inspections."
Guo Zhiqi replied enthusiastically: "Please rest assured that the supervisor is responsible for this. This is the duty of the ministers."
"Yeah." Zhu Hengjia nodded. He was still relieved about Guo Zhiqi. This man had always been strong-willed and upright. Back then, Zheng Zhilong wanted to find him to open the back door and promote his son Zheng Chenggong from Zhusheng to Linsheng, but he flatly refused.
No face given.
In the Ming Dynasty, performance appraisal was carried out in two systems: civil servants and military officers. After asking the civil servants, ask about the performance appraisal status of the generals.
Zhu Hengjia smiled and asked Yu Chaoxiang and Li Changxiang: "Yu Shangshu, Li Shilang, how are the performance evaluations of military positions at all levels?"
Prime Minister Yu Chao had just been promoted from Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War to Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and when he was full of enthusiasm, he hurriedly replied: "I have reported to the Supervisor of the State, the Minister and Li Shilang, and the officials of the Qing Dynasty Department have been busy for several months, and finally the performance evaluation has been completed. It is planned to be seven
Sixteen generals were promoted in rank, and 29 were demoted or dismissed."
When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
In the war years, it was easy to move civil servants, but it was difficult to move military generals. Some military generals were self-respecting and regarded the court's laws as nothing. King Jing, the superintendent of the country, was so courageous! He actually dared to attack military generals and dealt with twenty-nine unqualified generals at one time.
.Rao Yi is decisive and cannot be bullied!
In fact, it wasn’t that Zhu Hengjia was so wise and talented. The main reason was that he fought and won consecutively and thought he was invincible, so he had the courage to attack unqualified generals.
"Li Qing, Xu Qing, can you still adapt to the climate here when you come to Changsha?" Zhu Hengjia asked Li Changxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of War, with a smile, and Xu Fuyuan, the Imperial Academy's sacrificial wine.
Both of them were former ministers of the Lu Supervisory State. In order to win over the subordinates of the Lu Supervisory State who had surrendered, Zhu Hengjia ordered that they be summoned to Changsha and retained in their original posts.
The way to be a king is to balance strength and softness.
When the two of them saw that His Royal Highness, who was busy with everything, still cared about them so much, they couldn't help but be very touched.
"Thanks to Jianguo's concern, I can adapt to the climate of Changsha."
"Okay, sir, you are all the pillars of the country and should serve the country well. If there is anything you are not used to in life, just tell me."
The two of them were inexplicably moved by the hypocritical concern, and their loyalty was greatly improved. In fact, Zhu Hengjia was just showing off, and no minister dared to raise his eyes open and raise the difficulties in life to Prince Jing, the supervisor of the country. p>
The word "life" originated from "Mencius: Devoting Your Heart": "People cannot live unless they are water or fire."
After caring about the lives of ministers, you have to ask about the lives of the people.
"Guan Qing, how is the current grain production? Does the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development have any good methods to increase grain production?"
Guan Shouzhen, the Chief Assistant and Minister of Household Affairs, was in high spirits, and the opportunity to show his face in front of the prison country had come!
"Reporting to the Supervisory State, I have written to the chief envoys and officials of the Qing Dynasty in various places, requesting them to vigorously promote sweet potatoes, pumpkins, broad beans, potatoes, corn, cotton and other high-yielding crops introduced from the barbarians in various places. Great achievements have been made
Results, especially cotton, sweet potatoes and corn, have been widely planted in various places. In addition, the minister also ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to join forces with the Imperial College and the Imperial College to compile a new lunar calendar, translate agricultural books, and improve agricultural tools. This year, Fujian's
Double-cropping rice and three-cropping rice in Guangdong have greatly increased the planting area. In some counties, the yield of rice fields has reached five or six stones per mu. In my country, not only is there enough food to eat, but there is also a surplus."
"Okay, okay! Taizu once said, 'Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and all needs are produced from it.' Aiqing has done such a good job in agriculture and made the people well-clothed and well-fed. It is a great achievement!"
In the end, the war was about money and food. When he heard that there was enough food, Zhu Hengjia suddenly felt confident.
He controls the main grain-producing areas of Huguang, Guangxi, Lingnan, and Sichuan, and farms everywhere. As long as the yield per mu increases, there will be a surplus of grain.
