"It seems to be about the same as I estimated." Li Changgeng nodded secretly when he saw the answers. Although he behaved quite well in the first half of this year and said nothing, he was secretly observing the other people and preparing to wait until he became familiar with the situation.

Then came a blockbuster.

He had already had an idea of ​​the abilities of the cabinet members, and today it was just a further verification to confirm it, adding some more basis for his judgment.

"That's right, it's the Ministry of Personnel." After taking note of the situation, he continued, "The Ministry of Personnel has always been the head of the hundred officials, and its ministers are known as the Heavenly Officials. Nowadays, the administration of officials is chaotic, people's hearts are divided, and the Procuratorate is obstructing

Due to the situation, we were unable to intervene, but the officials happened to show off their magical powers."

"There is a merit examination department under the Ministry of Personnel. In the past, it only inspected local officials' taxes, prisons, culture and education, etc., but now the scope of inspection can be expanded to include official ethics, conduct evaluation, execution, construction, economy, etc.

Among them, new and more stringent evaluation rules are formulated, those who are good will be promoted, those who are not good will be demoted, and those who neglect their duties will be sent to the outside world to serve as criminals." As Li Changgeng spoke, his tone became gloomy, and several other university scholars endured it.

I couldn't help but feel a sudden jolt in my heart.

However, this is indeed a good method, and it does not require much change. It is just a matter of the cabinet issuing an order, notifying the local officials below, and then adding more manpower to the merit examination department, conducting inspections regularly, forming evaluation rules, and then reporting the results.

.Those who criticize negatively are directly sent to repent outside the customs.

The most important thing is that this suggestion has added a right to the cabinet. No, it cannot be said to be added, it can only be said to have discovered a right. After all, this power has always been here, but no one paid attention to it.

The establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate did make some officials cautious at first, but it didn't take long for them to discover that the Metropolitan Procuratorate actually had no ability to control them, as long as they unobtrusively violated the cabinet, Ming law and the emperor's will.

As a result, officials from all over the country became a little lax and were not so attentive in doing things. It was precisely because of this that the tactic of being obedient and evasive quickly became popular.

"You...you have violated the judicial rules set by His Majesty. Arrest and torture are the powers and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and convictions are the power and responsibility of speaking out. How can the Ministry of Personnel easily convict officials and send them to the frontier?" After listening, Li

After Chang Geng's remarks, some people immediately couldn't sit still and stood up to refute.

Li Changgeng took a look and saw that it was Huang Kezuan, a scholar from the West Pavilion. This person stood up to refute him, which was not beyond his expectation. Xu Guangqi could detect something wrong in the cabinet, so naturally he could too.

Regarding the question of conviction, Li Changgeng already had an answer in his mind. He replied calmly, "Huang Xige, I didn't say that these officials were guilty just now, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not convict him either."

Looking at Huang Kezuan, he smiled slightly and said, "Huang Xige should pay attention. His Majesty never said that the official positions in the prairie are not used to assign guilty officials. That is because His Majesty does not want to waste talents, so he allows them to serve their crimes locally. From then on.

After the cities on the prairie were established, the promotion of official positions in these places was in the hands of the Ministry of Personnel, and the cabinet naturally had the right to transfer anyone there."

Looking at Huang Kezuan, who had an ugly face after hearing this, Li Changgeng said loudly, "These people were only transferred to the grasslands outside the pass as officials because of their poor political performance, rather than being assigned. Please Huang Xige pay attention to your wording."

After saying that, he continued, leaving only Huang Kezuan standing with a peaceful expression.

"Okay, very good, it's really a good plan. The most rare thing is that it is simple to implement." Xu Guangqi was the first to come forward to praise. Although Li Changgeng had the idea of ​​​​making a blockbuster, after all, he still stood by Xu Guangqi's side and helped him speak.

Yes, he would naturally give full support at this time.

"First, we will train in Hebei with capable people. After the thorough reform in Hebei is completed, we can be promoted to other local positions, promote the work in various places, and complete the land reform step by step. And with the deterrence of the merit examination department, the officials below naturally dare not disobey orders.

"Xu Guangqi said slowly, grasping the essence of it all at once.

"What Mr. Ci Fu said is absolutely correct, but it is best to have a law that specifically restricts and regulates the behavior of officials." Li Changgeng added.

But his words immediately made several other people extremely surprised, even Xu Guangqi was no exception. It was specifically designed to restrain officials, and it was also based on the law. This was such a cruel trick. I am afraid that once this news spreads, the whole world will be desperate for death.

Countless officials ate its meat.

"It seems that Li Changgeng has a big agenda in his heart." Xu Guangqi secretly thought. The other people probably thought the same, and their eyes kept scanning Li Changgeng's face.

Li Changgeng also accepted everyone who came and allowed them to check and guess. However, no one could guess what he really thought and what he wanted to do.

"The law You Qing mentioned will probably not be finalized until His Majesty comes back. Those people from the Hanlin Academy..." Xu Guangqi couldn't help but shake his head as he spoke.

"Yes, those people haven't even finished dividing the Ming Dynasty Law, let alone formulating a new law." Hearing this, Li Changgeng also shook his head.

Before leaving, Zhu Youxiao assigned two tasks to the Hanlin Academy. One is to re-read various ancient classics with punctuation marks, and at the same time unify the annotations, using one as the standard, and the other is to divide the Ming Dynasty rules and come up with

Criminal law, civil law, commercial law.

But three or four months have passed, but the Hanlin Academy has achieved nothing at all. There are only quarrels and quarrels there every day, and no serious work is done at all.

"Yes, we really have to wait for His Majesty to come back." Several other academicians also nodded in agreement after hearing this, which shows how terrifying the Hanlin Academy is now.

"Yes, now that the rebellion is over, it's no longer interesting for His Majesty to stay outside. There are still many memorials for his approval." As he said that, Xu Guangqi looked at the tall pile of memorials on his right.

Although the cabinet was authorized by the emperor to supervise the country, and a resolution could be formed by a vote of half of the eight people, there were some things that Xu Guangqi was very discerning and did not touch. He had no choice but to do so. The interests involved were too great, and even the cabinet was involved.

Untouchable.

Just like cement.

The money for road construction was temporarily allocated by Zhu Youxiao in the name of administration. Then the money went to the Ministry of Industry and began to spend money to manage the project, hire construction companies under the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and purchase some raw materials.

Cement is the top priority, with nearly one-third of the money spent on it, which shows how huge the profits are. On-site road construction methods are all used in one place, but some

For unknown reasons, the local officials suggested allocating money and building roads in various places at the same time, which would be much faster.

But the only problem is the supply of cement. In the past, it could be used by the Ministry of Industry, but if it is rolled out nationwide, it will not work. The official also provided a solution, which is to disclose the authorization of cement and allow local production.

The formula of cement is simple. Even if the quality of the ones fired by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade is better, the ones developed locally are not unusable. However, after the first few imitations were confiscated by Jin Yiwei and the whole family was distributed to Liaodong, even if someone fired them among the people,

It came out, but no one dared to sell it.

The profits from cement are so huge that there is huge demand not only from the cabinet, but also from the governor's office and the people. Faced with such huge profits, Xu Guangqi really has no guts to touch this landmine and can only wait for the emperor to come back.

deal with.

There are many similar memorials, each of which involves a lot of the emperor's rights and interests, and the cabinet does not dare to give opinions on it.

"In this case, let's all write a memorial to urge His Majesty to return to the court as soon as possible. This will also appear more urgent." Xu Guangqi suggested, since someone in the cabinet leaked the emperor's strategic idea of ​​expecting someone to rebel, then the emperor

It's boring to stay outside.

After he comes back, many government affairs in the cabinet will have people to ask for instructions, which will be easier to handle.

"It should be so." Several other people agreed, and then they picked up their pens and started writing, and then sent it to North Korea through the postal transmission system that was organized and planned by Yima Yuan.

At this time, Sun Chengzong of the Metropolitan Governor's Office also took Zhao Lijiao, left governor Qi Jin, and right governor Yu Zigao slowly out of Shanxi's territory and entered Shaanxi Province. The border towns in front of them had been completely reformed by them, and the guards were

All were disbanded, the soldiers were disarmed and returned to their fields, and the best among them were selected to cooperate with the officers who had returned from their jobs to form the local city defense force.

As they walked, the three of them suddenly started chatting.

"It's time for Your Majesty to come back." Sun Chengzong suddenly said.

"Do you have any news?" Qi Jin asked casually. The three of them were among the first batch of ministers to follow the dragon, and their relationship was quite close, so they spoke very casually.

"No, it's just a reasonable guess." Sun Chengzong shook his head. "Because we have no money."

"No money." Qi Jin was speechless, what was the reason?

"Not only are there no money, but there are also no people." Yu Zigao continued, "Almost all the disabled veterans have been used. There will be no people rushing to the instructors and officers in the next place. I don't know.

What's the matter? His Majesty won't come and where can we find these people?"

This was an issue involving military power. It was not necessary for the officers of the Central Field Army who were directly from the direct line to serve. They really did not dare to appoint other people casually. After all, there was no order or precedent from the emperor.

"How about we stop at the next place first, and then go to write a memorial to urge His Majesty?" Qi Jin came up with an idea.

"That's okay." Sun Chengzong thought for a moment and agreed. "It's time for His Majesty to come back. The cabinet probably won't be able to hold on, so he needs to come back and take charge."

He said with a hint, and the other two people also understood what he was referring to. The cabinet is the most important in the world, so they naturally pay attention to it. Moreover, it is still implementing an unprecedented policy. They don't care if they don't care. The empire

There are reports in every issue of the daily newspaper.

"Yes, it's time for Your Majesty to come back. Mr. Xu Ge has been working very hard." They sighed.

A sigh came out, and was immediately trampled by the sound of horse hooves.
Chapter completed!