Lian Guo Shi is a practical person. After arriving in Xi'an, Feng Ziying handed over all the affairs of Xi'an Mansion that he valued most to Lian Guo Shi.
This is the first time the two have collaborated, but they have known each other for a long time and have similar temperaments, which makes them feel more at ease when working together.
With Zheng Chongjian in Fengxiang Prefecture, Xi'an Prefecture in charge of state affairs, Geng Ruqi in charge of Yan'an Prefecture, and himself in charge of the center, Shaanxi will be able to stabilize most of it.
The prefect of Hanzhong Prefecture is Wang Qia. He is from Linyi, Shandong, and is considered a native of Feng Ziying's hometown. With this kind of relationship, it will be much easier to deal with.
Moreover, Wang Qia was fair in his work and had high prestige in Hanzhong. In the past two years, chaos had broken out all over Shaanxi. Relatively speaking, Hanzhong was considered the most stable.
Therefore, Feng Ziying did not even go to Hanzhong for a tour. Instead, Wang Qia took the initiative to come to Xi'an for talks, and Feng Ziying entrusted Wang Qia with the affairs of Hanzhong Mansion.
Among the remaining prefectures, Feng Ziying was not satisfied with the situation in Qingyang and Pingliang prefectures, so he had been considering personnel adjustments, but he also knew that this would not be accomplished overnight, and the staff department was not run by his own family, nor by himself.
Whoever wants to adjust can adjust.
Although the officials of this feudal dynasty had great power, their power was more in doing things. On the contrary, it was in the arrangement of personnel, which was more concentrated in the central government. For example, the Ministry of Personnel gathered the adjustment of almost the entire Zhou Dynasty officials.
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Of course, it is impossible for the Ministry of Personnel to control it. To a large extent, it is assessed and reviewed through daily assessments and inspections, and then adjustments are made. The superiors of officials at all levels have a greater say here.
In addition to the unsatisfactory performance of officials from the Qingyang and Pingliang Prefectures, Feng Ziying from the more remote Gongchang and Lintao Prefectures also made a special trip.
The geographical location of these two places is difficult, but the farming is not done well. From the prefect to the tongzhi, the officials are hardly satisfactory. Feng Ziying used one word to describe it, that is, mediocre and step-by-step. However, this is exactly the situation for officials in this era.
normality.
Feng Ziying knew very well that he did not have the ability to change the entire Shaanxi officials according to his own ideas in just one or two years. Let alone the magistrates of prefectures and counties, even the magistrates of various prefectures, he could not do anything about it.
Do it.
Firstly, he does not have the power, secondly, he does not have that many officials he likes in reserve, and thirdly, the time is too short.
If he could serve as governor of Shaanxi for ten to eight years, he might be able to do it, but this is undoubtedly wishful thinking and impossible.
"Personnel issues should be the key factor that makes it difficult to promote many local affairs, or make progress difficult." Feng Ziying looked at Pingliang, which Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing had painstakingly prepared for them, and the magistrates and magistrates of more than ten prefectures and counties in Qingyang Prefecture.
The situation and their realistic performance materials, I couldn't help but sigh.
Among the magistrates and magistrates in these fourteen prefectures and counties, only two were born as Jinshi, seven were born as Juren, and five were born as tribute students.
This situation is unimaginable in Jiangnan, and it is basically impossible in places such as Beizhi, Shandong, Shanxi, and Huguang.
Most of the magistrates and county magistrates in the south of the Yangtze River were born as Jinshi. Seventy to eighty percent of the magistrates and magistrates in Beizhi and Shandong were born as Jinshi, and the rest were all Juren. It was basically impossible for tribute students and donated officials to serve as chief officials, and most of them were assistants.
Second official.
"Sir, you can't expect these places to be compared with those in Jiangnan. The literary style here is not strong. In addition, in these remote areas, who is willing to come here if he is a Jinshi?" Wang Wenyan said with a smile: "Besides, this is not entirely a matter of the official's background.
, I think there is a lack of detailed assessment rules for prefectures and counties from the province to the government. The examination rules handed down by the officials are too rough and just a formality. They are basically followed from the province to the government. Many of them should have been
We made some targeted adjustments based on local conditions, but we didn’t make them.”
Feng Ziying glanced at Wang Wenyan, "Wenyan, aren't the examination rules from the imperial court the same? Each province has different specific circumstances.
Similarly, various tasks also have priorities, but does the Ministry of Personnel and Civil Service seek the opinions of the Transfer Department, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry when setting the examination standards? Maybe it has, but it only comes once every ten or eight years. Logically speaking, it should be solicited every year.
Opinions need to be adjusted, but those gentlemen in the Ministry of Civil Affairs are all too high-minded, so how can they consider the feelings of those below?"
Wang Wenyan nodded, "Too
Too rigid and dogmatic examination rules make it difficult to mobilize the enthusiasm of officials below, and they are not targeted. Therefore, many officials follow the rules mechanically and follow the procedures step by step. The result is that after several years, the situation has not changed, but the evaluation above is still the same.
In this case, who would care about this assessment rule?"
"The key is that the assessment rules are not linked to many specific local affairs!" Feng Ziying said with emotion, "Water conservancy construction, post road construction, industrial and commercial development, these are things that cannot be accomplished overnight, who is willing to do them? Those vain people are willing to do these things.
What kind of moral education or gimmick to please the gentry has become a sought-after move? How can this kind of examination method make officials with abilities and no connections stand out?"
Feng Ziying's lament also resonated with Wang Wenyan.
When he was working as a minor official in She County, he felt that the officials of the Zhou Dynasty were too good to be employed, especially the chief official of the state and county, who basically acted like a Bodhisattva and followed the instructions from above step by step.
Everything is done by the staff, assistant officers, and lower-level officials. There is neither initiative nor pioneering, and many people are even unwilling to combine it with local reality.
Anyway, the above examination is decided by the superiors and the local gentry. In this case, you only need to please the superiors and the local gentry. People in the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate don't care about what you did.
Feng Ziying served as Tongzhi and Fucheng twice in Yongping Mansion and Shuntian Mansion. Her responsibilities were similar, but she basically performed the duties of the chief official, so she had a deep understanding of the shortcomings here.
After arriving in Shaanxi, I came to Yan'an Prefecture to dissect sparrows, and then further observed and analyzed in Xi'an Prefecture. Especially when Shaanxi is facing a major disaster, the drought relief, relief, and suppression measures in various places are very good or bad.
To a large extent, it has a lot to do with the quality and ability of local officials.
However, judging from the evaluations of officials from various places obtained by the Chief Envoy, they are completely different from the current performance of these states and counties. Many of them had excellent evaluations in previous years, but in fact, starvation and pregnancy were everywhere in the counties, and refugees fled in waves.
Riots and riots swarmed.
Yan'an Prefecture takes Qingjian, Yanchang, Yanchuan, Yichuan, Luochuan, and Yijun counties as examples. In fact, the conditions in these counties are not the worst in Yan'an Prefecture, but they have the largest number of refugees and rebel forces.
The county is the largest, the land annexation is the most serious, and the powerful and evil gentry are the strongest. However, in the evaluation, the magistrates of these counties all performed relatively well.
On the contrary, counties such as Suide, Mizhi, Wubao, Shenmu, and Fugu are all passable, but they are all evaluated as middle or lower.
Not to mention Fushi and Ganquan counties, they were Pan Ruzhen’s territory, and he had to protect them no matter what as he was the prefect. But in the prefectures and counties in front, it was obvious that the reaction of the local gentry and the prefecture and county officials were related to each other.
It worked.
But in Feng Ziying's eyes, these actual performances are really completely different.
"Sir, this mechanism is also inherited from the Zhou Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. In fact, various places have responded to it. The court is not unclear about it, but how to improve this examination mechanism and how to allow officials to have a better
A superior and more realistic examination method can be used to carefully judge and then mobilize the motivation of officials to do their work. This is a very large and complicated matter. I am afraid that it cannot be done by the Ministry of Personnel or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It has to be done by the cabinet.
We must take the lead to win over the president, and the other seven ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must be involved to make it possible."
Wang Wenyan thought about it for a while before suggesting. He knew that he had great ambitions in asking this question, but doing things and doing this kind of thing were different.
The former are specific matters, while the latter is about changing the governance model of a dynasty.
With Feng Ziying's current status, even if he has the support of Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia and other northern scholars, it is absolutely impossible.
Maybe give Feng Ziying ten or twenty years, and he will be the first assistant, and he will also have to have a large group of officials who have already occupied considerable positions such as Lian Guoshi, Zheng Chongjian, Fu Shi, Pan Ruzhen, Xu Junyang and even Zuo Liangyu and Yang Zhaoji to fully support him.
, in order to be successful.
Seeing the insincere look on Wang Wenyan's face, Feng Ziying also laughed: "Do you think I worry too much? This shouldn't be my business. When I am the governor of Shaanxi, I will do Shaanxi's things well.
You are in charge of your own affairs. I also know that I am not qualified to ask about these things now.
But I feel that in some specific aspects, I can still implement some of my ideas. At least in Shaanxi, I can try this way and use this method to select and screen officials. I still have this power, or I can use my own
The influence of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Inspection Yuan should be done more. If you want to do a little bit, then do a little bit..."
Seeing Feng Ziying's eyes full of determination, Wang Wenyan also sighed.
This may be the characteristic of those who achieve great things. Only by having a persevering and unswerving heart can we stick to our beliefs and persevere consistently. We will not shrink back and be discouraged when encountering setbacks. Only in this way can we succeed.
In fact, many people are not bad in terms of talents, but most of them lack spiritual qualities in this regard.
Seeing that Wang Wenyan was silent, Feng Ziying didn't care. He would not change the decision he had made. Wang Wenyan and the others must feel that they are a little ignorant and young and energetic, but as someone said, they are not young and energetic.
Are we still called young people? If we don’t do whimsical things while we are young, when we reach middle age, we may have to settle for the status quo and enjoy ourselves. It’s the right time to do things!
This chapter has been completed!