Emperor Hongzhi successively ordered two important officials of the imperial court to go home and retire, which also made every official in the government and the public tremble with fear.
Being an official is not easy, especially in the Ming Dynasty. If you want to become an official, you can only take the imperial examination. Many ministers only passed the examination when they were in their thirties or forties. The black gauze hat on their heads is hard-won. No one wants to
Lost it so easily.
In fact, going down to practice, or practicing, is just a process. Anyway, everyone has already acquiesced in the current rules. Those who are not Jinshi will not enter the Imperial Academy, and those who are not Hanlin will not enter the Cabinet.
It's nothing more than going to the place to experience and go through the process. You still have to be promoted if you should be promoted. No matter what, it will be much faster than other officials.
There is no need to fight with Emperor Hongzhi over this matter. This is a rare thing that Emperor Hongzhi mentioned, and it is not anything particularly egregious.
Isn't it just to change the future development path of the Hanlin Academy? In short, the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty will still come from these Hanlin Academy Hanlins.
"What your Majesty said makes sense!"
"This epidemic has indeed exposed a lot of problems, and it is good to gain appropriate experience. It is also a good thing for officials to know more about the sufferings of the people."
"What's more, even the prince has been practicing step by step from the county magistrate, prefect, and chief envoy. Everyone should learn and learn."
Yang Yiqing is naturally a smart person.
"Um!"
"Well said, everyone knows what the prince was like before."
"But now that the prince has gone through experience and has matured a lot, the Hanlin Academy members, as important reserve talents of our Ming Dynasty, naturally need more experience. They must not only be talented, but also have the ability to govern and secure the country.
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Emperor Hongzhi smiled and nodded, then looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Yang Tinghe, please tell me."
"What your Majesty and the gentlemen said is reasonable."
"I also believe that we should gain experience, understand the local conditions, and understand the sufferings of the people."
Yang Tinghe had ten million objections in his heart, but he could not object with his mouth.
It took him more than ten years to return to the court and gain the emperor's favor. He didn't want to just go home and retire like this.
So even if you don't support it, you still have to show your support.
He knew very well in his heart that the headquarters of the conservative school was the Hanlin Academy. These Hanlins did not need too many assessments and could be promoted very quickly.
But once they are transferred to local areas for training, they will have to participate in assessments like local officials, including annual tax revenue growth, population growth, how many roads have been built, etc.
These are rigid indicators. If you want to be promoted, you must achieve some achievements. Naturally, you will gradually become a doer.
This must be a heavy blow to the old guard.
But that's what the emperor meant, and he had no choice. What's more, the ministers were not of the same mind, and there were officials from the practical side who were supporting him. There was no way to say that it was like before. The ministers opposed it in unison, and even the emperor wanted to take back his own
's will.
"Well, then the matter is settled."
"From now on, all Hanlin Academy members must go to other places for training. Only those with outstanding performance can become important ministers of the imperial court."
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction, then glanced around to confirm the matter.
It's useless if some ministers object. The main ministers in the court have no objections. It's useless if a few people have opinions. If you get angry, you can just go home and retire.
"Now many important positions such as the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Rites, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, the Chief Envoy of Shandong, and the Chief Envoy of Southern Zhili have been vacant, and they must be filled as soon as possible."
"Korean~"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at the ministers, thought for a while and then said.
"I'm here!"
Hearing Emperor Hongzhi calling him, Han Wen quickly stood up.
"Now the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is vacant, and you will take it temporarily. This time it will be up to you to draw up the list of relevant candidates."
"I obey the decree!"
When Han Wen heard this, he quickly and respectfully accepted the order.
"Retreat!"
Immediately, Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand, not bothering to waste time here, and retreated directly.
When the ministers saw Emperor Hongzhi leaving, they slowly pushed out of the Jinluan Palace, each with a solemn look on his face and a frown on his face.
After leaving the Jinluan Palace, many ministers rushed to fawn over Hanwen.
Of course, Han Wen himself is the chief minister of the cabinet, and there are usually many ministers fawning over him, but now there are more people fawning over him.
Because the personnel changes this time are very large, several important key positions have been vacated.
The three positions of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites are all positions of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, which are particularly critical and important. Once you can reach the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, it will be completely different.
So many people are fawning over Han Wen, hoping that Han Wen will help push them to this position.
In addition, there are a lot of vacancies for the Chief Envoy of Shandong and the Chief Envoy of Nanzhili, as well as the positions of Inspector, Jianshi, Prefect, and Prefecture in the two provinces.
After this, the Hanlins of the Hanlin Academy will have to go to other places to practice. These two provinces are good places. They are both natives of the Ming Dynasty, and they are both rich and plain places. It is easy to achieve achievements in both provinces.
of.
It is much better than places like Golden Continent, Australia, and Black Earth Province. There are so many places. If you can go to these places for experience, that would be great.
Therefore, there are also a large number of Hanlin officials who are fawning over Hanwen, hoping that Hanwen will appreciate him and send him to these places to practice.
"What a bunch of losers!"
Liang Chu couldn't help but look at the Hanlin officials who were gathered around Han Wen and said with contempt.
"It's not easy. I studied hard for decades before I became a Jinshi and entered the Imperial Academy. Naturally, I hope to be promoted step by step and become a highly respected official."
"Now that the system has changed, our character has been lost."
Yang Tinghe smiled and sighed.
In the past, the Hanlin Academy of the Hanlin Academy could be said to be the most powerful existence in the Ming Dynasty. The world was huge, and the Hanlin Academy of the Hanlin Academy was the biggest. Even the emperor was not afraid of them, and they all contradicted them. They wished they could spit on the emperor's face, so that they could appear to be iron-clad.
Bones clank.
But it's different now. I can't spit on the emperor's face without saying anything. From now on, I have to look at the faces of the officials. It's not as easy to get promoted as before.
"Mr. Yang, you can still laugh."
"From now on, we, the conservative faction, are afraid that our power will be greatly reduced, and the practical faction will overwhelm us again."
Liang Chu shook his head helplessly. This Yang Tinghe could still laugh at this time.
"This is actually quite good."
"National affairs cannot really be decided by a group of people who can only write articles. Sometimes it is still necessary to use a few people to do some practical things. Otherwise, our Ming Dynasty will not be as strong as it is today."
Yang Tinghe smiled and said.
Liang Chu listened to his words and looked at him again, wondering what Yang Tinghe meant.
On the other side, many Hanlin officers gathered together, each one with a sad face, discussing their future training in the next place.
"Each place is different. In the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, it is naturally easier to achieve results, considering the same road construction."
"Beijing Zhili and Guizhou are definitely completely different. It is very simple to build a cement road in Beizhili. It is a smooth road. It is easy to build and requires little money. The key is that Beizhili is rich here.
I can raise enough silver to build roads at any time."
"But it's different in Guizhou. The roads in Guizhou are rugged and the mountains are dangerous. It's very difficult to build roads, and it costs a lot of money. It's difficult to raise enough silver. We can only rely on the government's allocation."
"So, if you want to go somewhere for experience, the best place is naturally the provinces affiliated with the mainland."
"I heard that going to Hezhong, Black Tu, Nanyun, and Western Region provinces is also very good. The population of these identities is growing very fast, and you can get good results in this area."
"Oh, that's great. We, the noble Hanlin, are actually going to a place to practice. I still don't know what to do when I go there."
"Actually, it's just like that. It's nothing more than focusing on taxation, population and infrastructure. If you collect more taxes, encourage more births, build more roads and reservoirs, you won't go wrong."
"Does Tong Rui know that?"
"I know, the Chief Envoy of Henan."
"He made great achievements by building river banks. Both sides of the Yellow River in Henan were given over to the construction of new river banks. This time there was a drought in the north. He took the opportunity to clean up the silt and river sand in the Yellow River channel and directly cut the Yellow River channel.
It was dug down several meters."
"Because Xiuhe has made great achievements in cultivation, he was highly appreciated by Liu Jin in the past, so he has gradually reached the position of chief envoy. I estimate that he may become minister this time."
"Is it also possible to build river channels?"
"Yes, what does building rivers have to do with governing the country? Since ancient times, governing the country has relied on reading. Building rivers only has a temporary and local effect."
Some Hanlin said very puzzledly, in their opinion, all the ways to govern the country are in the books of sages. Just follow what the books say. Building a river is just a river channel, and there is nothing at all.
"This is the concept and thinking of people who are practical. They believe that what a person can do is limited. When an individual can do his or her own thing well, when combined, the entire society and country will be completely different.
Already."
"This Tong Rui was building river dikes and dredging river channels in Henan. It might only be that section of the Yellow River, but if officials from all over the country could do this, the entire Ming Dynasty would be completely different."
"After this, the roads in the Ming Dynasty were more and more spacious, the rivers were not easy to break their banks, and the Yellow River was not easy to flood. Small things accumulated into many, and sand gathered into towers. When countless small things came together, huge changes occurred in the entire Ming Dynasty.
changed."
“Their creed is that only hard work will lead to a future!”
"I see. It seems that I still need to learn more from them in the future."