The Ministry of Personnel specially marked the instructions for this batch of "selected and transferred officials".
These people are still nominally students of Yuding Academy, but their official status is in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and is assessed by local yamen.
Those who excel in the assessment will be promoted, while others will be rotated to continue their training.
These people started from a very low level, and most of them started out as county officials.
The territorial planning of the Dayu imperial court included dozens of counties below the state capital, and dozens or hundreds of counties below the counties. Below the counties, there were jurisdiction over a vast area.
The county chief is the seventh rank, and there are also some weaker counties whose chief officials are the subordinate eighth rank.
Generally speaking, county honors do not require talents with Jinshi background. As long as they are capable, they can be directly appointed by superior officials or recommended by local powerful people.
No one thought that Lu Yu would directly intervene in the appointment of chief officials at the county level.
"This kind of system has never been heard of before."
"The system of practicing first and then conferring officials is quite good. Nowadays, there are many Jinshi who have just gone through the imperial examination, but when they enter the local area, they do a complete mess. This kind of selection can just promote the capable people and let the mediocre ones get promoted.
People continue to gain experience, and when they are panning for gold, they can eventually select their talents."
"I heard that these people are students who participated in the sermon a few days ago."
"It's a pity, it's a pity. If I had known this, I would have gone to listen."
When many people received this news, they regretted it and were very upset.
When these people heard Lu Yu's sermon, they didn't pay much attention to it. They thought that Lu Yu was not just a young man. Even if he preached something, most of it was of little value.
However, they would never have thought that what they missed was not just an official position, but a huge opportunity!
When the entire government and the public were in an uproar because of Lu Yu's actions, Fang Mingzhe and other conservatives chose to retire.
From beginning to end, they listened to Lu Yu's sermon and felt that there were many strange ideas in their minds, which took a long time to digest.
Lu Yu's lectures in the last two days were not only for the students, but also for them.
"What your Majesty has done is too radical. You should do things slowly and never rush for success! I am willing to compete with Wei Zheng and remind your Majesty at all times!" Fang Mingzhe said publicly.
Soon a Lu Party official retorted: "Fang Jijiu's words are wrong. What is radical? What is prudent? The Tang Dynasty is watching with eager eyes, and there are demons outside the mountains of the two realms. It is time for our human race to be proactive.
How could it be possible to slow down and figure it out!"
Fang Mingzhe was not angry, and said calmly: "There are laws in nature, and everything has its own rules. This is an eternal truth. Although your Majesty is world-famous in martial arts, there are many rules that cannot be solved immediately by force."
Lu Party officials sneered: "Rules are meant to be broken. If this does not change at this time, the court will remain stagnant as before. Only by advancing with the times can it grow rapidly. Sticking to the rules will only lead to self-imposed constraints."
The two sides went back and forth and quarreled with each other, but everyone could see that the mainland party had the absolute upper hand.
Some of them are just seventh-rank county officials and officials as big as sesame seeds, but they dare to openly challenge Confucian bigwigs like Fang Mingzhe.
This is the confidence given to them by the Mainland Party!
As for the quarrels in the court, Lu Yu saw it but did not pay attention to it.
He stayed at Yuding Academy for a few days, then changed into casual clothes and went to Wen Sheng's residence.