"Mr. Jiang, is there something wrong with this list?"
Han Wen thought for a while and said.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Han Wen also has very great power. If he does not agree with the list drawn up by the Ministry of Personnel, it will be almost impossible to pass it.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Mian smiled and said after hearing this.
In fact, I know very well in my heart that most of the officials promoted this time are old-school officials, which will definitely cause strong dissatisfaction among the officials who are hard-working.
But there is no way. In this epidemic, the conservative side also suffered heavy losses. Mao Ji, Xu Ming, Tang Mu and others were beheaded. South Zhili and Shandong, the base camps of the conservative faction, also suffered heavy losses.
Things, magistrates, magistrates and so on almost fell to pieces.
In addition, many gentry families in Nanzhili suffered heavy losses due to their involvement in this incident. The Yi clan almost wiped out the scholarly families in many places.
Who allowed these people to collude with profiteers to drive up food prices and make a huge fortune for the country?
What age has it been? The emperor is no longer the emperor of the past. In the past, he did not pay attention to the power of factory guards. Therefore, the emperor basically does not know what the ministers say, and he is deceived.
But now, for more than 20 years, the emperor has attached great importance to the factory guards, allocating more and more funds every year. The spies of the factory guards have already penetrated into all parts of the Ming Dynasty, in various fields and the homes of civil and military officials. In addition, there are
telegraph.
This allowed the emperor to keep track of every move of various places and officials at any time, and the government and businessmen colluded to drive up food prices. This was not seeking death.
These people were killed, resulting in heavy losses in the strength of the conservative faction. This naturally led to the need to promote other people to take their place, especially in important positions, where people from the conservative faction must be used.
So Jiang Mian also knew that this list was inappropriate, but he still wanted to put it on the list.
"Zhang Lian, who is on this list and was transferred to the post of Chief Envoy of Southern Zhili, was originally Shanxi's Inspector General. Judging from the current epidemic situation, his performance is average, which can even be described as bad. He was promoted to the post of Southern Zhili.
Is it inappropriate for the chief envoy?"
"There is also Hu Ding. He was originally the inspector of Zhejiang Province. According to the past assessment data, his performance is extremely average. There are many people better than him. If he is directly promoted, I am afraid that the world will not be convinced."
Han Wen pointed out the two people on the list one after another. Zhang Lian and Hu Ding were both conservative officials, and their performance was naturally very average. According to the official evaluation system established by Liu Jin, they would not be promoted, let alone promoted.
Even better, he would be demoted directly.
But now that the conservatives are in power, not only have they not been demoted, but they are now being promoted. This is equivalent to turning the official evaluation system established by Liu Jin into a piece of paper.
Those who perform well will not be promoted, while those who perform poorly will be promoted. How can this convince others?
After this, everyone will go back to the way they were before. It doesn't matter whether they do well or not. The key is to be able to stuff money and build relationships. As long as you stuff a lot of money and build good relationships, you can rise to great heights. As for the life and death of ordinary people, it doesn't seem to matter.
Already.
"What Mr. Han said is wrong."
"I think there is absolutely no problem with this list."
Yang Tinghe said: "Although Zhang Lian said that the performance of the epidemic this time was average, the epidemic in Shanxi was still under control. He is also indispensable and should be promoted."
"Although Hu Ding's previous assessments were relatively average, he is talented and knowledgeable. The court should appoint people based on their talents instead of looking at cold data tables. What's more, this data table may not be really accurate. Who knows
Will there be any lies?"
"Furthermore, the situation in each province is slightly different and cannot be generalized. Sometimes it is looked at separately."
"Yes, Mr. Han."
"What Mr. Yang said is reasonable. Hu Ding and Zhang Lian are both very good officials and deserve to be promoted."
Jiang Mian also nodded and said.
"I think it's better to leave this matter to the emperor to decide."
Yang Yiqing frowned. He was actually a conservative, but he admired the hard-working people because he knew that only hard-working officials could achieve results, and Ming Dynasty sometimes needed hard-working officials.
These officials from the old school are hard-spoken and very capable with their pens, but they just can't get anything practical done.
"What Mr. Yang said makes sense!"
When Jiang Mian heard this, he also expressed his support.
In fact, since ancient times, when it comes to important personnel appointments and removals, it has often been based on alignment and the distance of the relationship. It is difficult to say that the decision is really based on talent and ability.
If you appoint someone who is talented and capable but cannot deal with you, you are also creating a mortal enemy for yourself.
If it were left to the emperor to decide, the emperor would often not have much time and energy to get to know these officials. In the eyes of the emperor, this list was just some names and had no specific impression.
Except for a few officials who had an impression of the emperor, most of them had no impression at all.
This is why officials since ancient times have liked to show their faces in front of the emperor, and it is also the reason why Beijing officials can be reused.
Because you show your face in front of the emperor every day, the emperor will naturally become familiar with you and remember that if you are talented, you can easily be reused.
Therefore, in order to increase their presence, officials in many places always write memorials to the emperor. Today they say hello, tomorrow they say hello, the day after tomorrow they say they will pay tribute to local specialties, and the day after tomorrow they come to report any small or interesting things that happened in the place under their jurisdiction.
Category.
In short, you need to increase your sense of presence so that the emperor will remember your name and your person. Then you may have a chance to ascend in the future.
Historically, the reason why He Shen was able to rise up was not because he showed his talents in front of the emperor, which made the emperor think that this person was talented, and then gave him a chance to show off.
He Shen is a really talented person, and the most important thing is that he can do things, so he has been rising through the ranks since then, and has become a very popular minister.
There are countless things like this. Ancient officials sent memorials to the emperor every day to pay their respects. This was also full of wisdom and purpose.
It doesn't matter whether the emperor is at ease, what matters is that the emperor remembers you.
Han Wen looked at the people and kept silent in his heart. If you want to do this, then let it be. This time, I'm afraid the emperor won't be so easy to fool.
This time the hard-working officials performed very well and were very eye-catching, but few of them were promoted. The emperor will definitely ask about it when the time comes.
Thinking of this, Han Wen stopped speaking and retreated in order to advance, waiting to have a good talk in front of the emperor.
At this time, Xiao Huangmen happened to come and invite everyone to go to the Shangshu room to discuss matters.
In the study room, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the ministers in front of him. Liu Jin and Wang Shouren were not there, which made Emperor Hongzhi feel a little powerless. With the two of them here, most things can be handled beautifully, and he rarely worries.
when.
Everyone first discussed the current gradual restoration of social order, and requested that grain be mobilized loudly from the production volume to various places, continue to stabilize the grain supply, and replenish the grain storage in the granary.
The next step is to discuss arrangements for vacant positions in various locations.
"Your Majesty, this is the promotion and transfer list drawn up by me. Please take a look at it."
Jiang Mian delivered the prepared list.
Emperor Hongzhi picked up the list and looked at it carefully. After searching, he didn't find a few familiar names. Tong Rui and Fang Yongliang were not on the promotion list this time. Those who were promoted were all people he had never heard of.
Named official.
In addition, the person who succeeded Mao Ji was Yang Lian, the original left minister of the Ministry of Rites, which made Emperor Hongzhi very dissatisfied. Mao Ji was in charge of the Ministry of Rites and was responsible for Shandong and South Zhili provinces. Other officials in the Ministry of Rites also divided their responsibilities accordingly.
Yes, Yang Lian should not have been promoted anyway. It would be nice if he could not be demoted. After all, Mao Ji has lost his head.
"Why are there no names like Tong Rui and Fang Yongliang in this area?"
"There is also Yang Lian, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites. I haven't even questioned him yet, but he actually wants to be promoted to the Minister of Rites?"
Emperor Hongzhi asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty, when Tong Rui was in charge of Henan, the plague was the first to appear in Henan. I thought he was not responsible, but he performed well afterwards and was able to make up for his mistakes, so he was not transferred."
"Although Fang Yongliang performed well during this epidemic and Shaanxi quickly brought the epidemic under control, I received news that Fang Yongliang's prevention and control was too strict and unkind. He often used cruel officials and was too harsh on the people."
Jiang Mian also replied quickly.
"As for Yang Lian, his qualifications are enough for promotion."
In fact, for this kind of thing, you can just find an excuse casually. Good things can be said to be bad, and bad things can also be said to be good. It depends on whether the emperor will listen and be able to distinguish them.
"Really!"
Emperor Hongzhi smiled undeniably.
Then he said: "Let's put this matter aside for a while and let me think about it carefully."
Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Jiang Mian, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu and other conservative officials suddenly felt their hearts pounding. The emperor actually said that he should think about it carefully, which meant a lot.
This is because I am very dissatisfied with this list. I will ask the factory guards to check it carefully when we come back to make it. Then we will definitely know the problems in it.
This time, the conservative faction is afraid that it will be really difficult. Not only will they suffer heavy losses, they may also lose many important positions, and it may even involve them, the elders of the conservative faction.
You must know that many of the people on this list are their disciples and former officials, and they all have various relationships.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
When Han Wen, Zhong Fan, Li Kun and others heard this, they immediately laughed in their hearts and said in unison that they must be watching something good now.
This time, we must give a good blow to the power of the old guard.
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