Chapter 2058, you must go to a place to practice in the future
Inside the study room of the Qianqing Palace.
The ministers had all left. Emperor Hongzhi took the list drawn up by Jiang Mian and fell into deep thought.
Although he was not familiar with the names on the list and had no great impression of them, Emperor Hongzhi still remembered several of them clearly.
First of all, Yang Lian, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Mao Ji, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, were beheaded. The other officials of the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Hongzhi, were originally prepared to replace them.
Especially the assistant ministers. They cannot escape their responsibility for what happened in Shandong and South Zhili provinces during the epidemic. If Mao Ji was beheaded, they would at least lose their hat.
Now he was promoted, and Yang Lian still wanted to be the minister, which made Emperor Hongzhi extremely dissatisfied.
Secondly, Tong Rui and Fang Yongliang did an extremely good job this time. These two chief envoys, Emperor Hongzhi, were impressed. Not only did they do a good job in epidemic prevention and control this time, but in the past, Shaanxi and Henan The two provinces have also developed extremely rapidly, and Chang'an and Kaifeng have become extremely important big cities.
The population exceeds one million, industrial development, and agricultural development are also extremely rapid, and everything is done very well.
Although the epidemic first appeared in Henan, this kind of thing has little to do with people. Just like an earthquake, it is not man-made and cannot be decided by people.
Jiang Mian directly denied Tong Rui's contribution by balancing his merits and demerits. This is obviously very one-sided.
"Zhang Zhong, please send over the information of everyone on this list and their past assessment results."
After thinking about this clearly, Emperor Hongzhi immediately issued an order.
"Yes~"
Zhang Zhong, who was waiting on the side, quickly replied respectfully, and then ordered someone to do it.
Emperor Hongzhi stood up slowly and came to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the scenery outside. Autumn had already begun, but there was still no rain in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and it had been dry for a whole year.
Only then did the plague appear and spread to various places, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of people. As for the economic losses, it is impossible to count them. The tax money the court can receive this month must be much less than before.
"These ministers in the court, especially the important ministers, basically took the imperial examination and came out of the Hanlin Academy. Although they are all knowledgeable, talented, and capable of writing."
"However, they are very inexperienced in governing and lack understanding of various places and grassroots in the Ming Dynasty. Many court officials did not pay attention to such a large epidemic and did not take it seriously."
"When faced with major problems and affairs, these ministers are often useless and cannot come up with any good suggestions or methods. The methods they use and the suggestions they make are just the methods of past dynasties. Very often they are useless. Few can come up with practical and useful strategies based on the actual situation.”
"And if this continues for a long time, the old-school officials will always have the say in the court, while the hard-working officials will find it difficult to be promoted."
"Just like this time, although they have outstanding performance, they are not promoted. The old-school officials are obviously doing nothing, and they are doing nothing, but they can rise to the top. If things go on like this, the Ming Dynasty will return to the past, with no one doing practical things. They are all a bunch of officials who have connections, stuff money, and can only write articles."
"If things continue like this, my Ming Dynasty will be in trouble!"
As the emperor, Emperor Hongzhi needed to think about more than just the personnel change in front of him. Just one personnel change could not determine anything, nor could it affect the overall situation.
What Emperor Hongzhi needed to consider was the imperial court's employment system, because it was related to future long-term development and problems.
"Perhaps we should open a path for new students. There will be competition and pressure. However, I am afraid that this will be opposed by all the ministers in the court."
Emperor Hongzhi frowned when he thought of this.
The emperor did not always keep his word, and ministers were often able to overrule the emperor's will. Especially in this kind of matter, these ministers would definitely not agree.
The current system for selecting officials is the imperial examination. Only those who pass the imperial examination are qualified to be officials, and only those who pass the imperial examination have the possibility of becoming a high official.
Only by entering the Hanlin Academy, revising and editing books, can you have the opportunity to become a pillar of the imperial court and a highly respected official.
"Go to the Hanlin Academy and go to the places where the Hanlin is decentralized to get some experience. When you get the training, you can also have a deeper understanding of the situation in various places in the Ming Dynasty and the lives of the people, instead of just staying in the Hanlin Academy to revise and compile books."
"The history of the past, no matter how well it is revised or compiled, what does it matter?"
"It has no substantive significance to the country, the country, and the country. What the country needs are officials who are practical and capable, able ministers and officials who can really do things and solve problems."
After thinking about this clearly, Emperor Hongzhi already made a decision in his mind.
In just an hour or so, Zhang Zhong sent the status of all the officials on the list to Emperor Hongzhi's desk.
The efficiency of the factory guards is extremely high, especially after the telegraph is available, the situation of local officials can be known quickly, because the power of the factory guards spread throughout the Ming Dynasty and even all over the world. There are also factory guards among the officials in the border areas and the imperial court
Wei, usually specializes in collecting relevant information and intelligence.
Moreover, there is a special department in the factory guard that is dedicated to analyzing various collected intelligence and inferring some things. If it is a matter of major concern, it will be reported as soon as possible.
For example, if there is a change in the garrison in a certain place, is there an order from the Emperor and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies? If not, if there is an abnormal change, it must be reported as soon as possible.
There is not only an analysis department, but also a special filing office, which sets up special files for various people and conducts in-depth investigations into some of their situations.
It takes almost a minute to find out who you want to check, and you can quickly investigate clearly.
"snort!"
"As expected, this Yang Lian also accepted Tang Mu and Xu Ming's money. Mao Ji was beheaded, and you still want to be promoted?"
"There is also Zhang Lian, who hid in Mount Wutai during the epidemic in Shanxi. He was so afraid of death that he ignored the epidemic and now he wants to be promoted."
"This Hu Ding fails in every assessment. He is a typical official who does nothing and does nothing. However, he and Jiang Mian are from the same hometown. Every year, Hu Ding inevitably sends gifts of ice and charcoal to Jiang Mian."
The more Emperor Hongzhi saw, the angrier he became. The dignified Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Ming Dynasty was so messy when selecting officials. It was not about selecting talents at all, but looking at who had a good relationship with him and whether anyone gave him money.
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"I think he has reached the end of his career as a minister of civil affairs and it is time for him to go home and retire."
Emperor Hongzhi threw the memorial submitted by Jiang Mian heavily to the ground, appearing very angry.
Before this, when Liu Jin was the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he selected talents and promoted a large number of outstanding officials for the court. Almost all of them were Liu Jin, such as Wang Shouren, Han Wen, Zhong Fan, Li Kun, Tong Rui, Fang Yongliang and other capable ministers.
Selected by Jin Yishou.
Under a fair and just official evaluation system, hard work will produce talents. Whether this is done well can be judged by data. How much tax revenue has increased, how much population has increased, how many roads and bridges have been built. Only these can reflect the true performance of a local official.
At least the number of elected officials will not be too few.
In the past, Wang Shouren initially focused on taxation in Southern Zhili, turning Southern Zhili, which was rarely able to receive even a cent, into a tax center in the Ming Dynasty today.
Zhong Fan used to be the local chief envoy. He performed well and was gradually promoted. He was promoted step by step and now he is the minister.
There are many situations like this, especially among local officials. When Liu Jin was in power, he selected a large number of capable ministers and officials. This is also an important reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to quickly control the epidemic this time.
Because there were a large number of officials who grew up and were promoted under the official evaluation system throughout the Ming Dynasty, those traditional old-school officials who relied on their words, pens, and connections would find it difficult to compete with these hard-working officials under such a system.
Without those capable ministers and officials, how could this epidemic be controlled?
Just rely on those old-school officials?
Everyone was either afraid of death and fled the plague, or they were scared to death and were at a loss. There were even a few who colluded with profiteers to make a huge fortune out of the country.
"We must send all the Hanlins from the Hanlin Academy to other places for training and training. Just being able to study books is of no use. They all know how to build relationships. They are from the same school, the same hometown, the same period, and the same year."
Emperor Hongzhi really got more and more angry the more he thought about it. In order to govern the country, it is really necessary to use the right people. If you use the right people, you can worry less, be less angry, and live longer.
The next day, morning.
"Your Majesty, we received a call from Shandong and Nanzhili. The epidemic situation in the two provinces has been completely controlled. We request that the lockdown be lifted and social order be gradually restored."
A minister came forward to report.
Shandong and Nanzhili were the worst at dealing with the epidemic because of that situation, but after beheading a bunch of heads, some people were afraid of death. In addition, they selected capable ministers and officials to give unified command, so the epidemic was under control.
It has come down, and normal social order can now be gradually restored.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction. He still had to rely on people from the practical side to get there. Those officials who were counting on the conservative side were probably still struggling to make money for the country.
"Today, I also have something to discuss with you. Let's discuss it together."
When Emperor Hongzhi saw that the ministers had finished talking about the matter, he also spoke slowly, preparing to talk about the matter of delegating Hanlin Academy officials to local areas for training and training.
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone immediately became energetic and pricked up their ears to listen.
Emperor Hongzhi rarely mentioned anything in court. The ministers would talk about things and then everyone would discuss them. This was very rare for Emperor Hongzhi to have something to discuss with everyone.