"Those who have made meritorious deeds should be promoted and put into important positions. Those who are doing nothing should go home early to retire."
"Just make appointments according to this list."
In the Qianqing Palace in Shangshufang, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the list submitted by Han Wen and nodded with satisfaction.
According to this list, Henan Chief Minister Tong Rui was directly promoted to Minister of Rites, Shaanxi Chief Minister Fang Yongliang was promoted to Minister of Works, and at the same time, former Minister of Works Zhong Fan was promoted to Minister of Officials.
There is naturally a huge gap between the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In fact, they can be regarded as re-employed and promoted. After all, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel controls the officials of the world and is called the official of heaven. This is no joke. Officials of the third rank and below can be directly appointed and removed. Transfers do not need to go through the cabinet emperor.
The appointment and removal of officials of third rank and above are also led by the Minister of Civil Affairs. They must be nominated by the Minister of Civil Affairs, reviewed by the cabinet, and approved by the emperor.
At the same time, a large number of vacant positions in Shandong and Nanzhili were filled by Hanwen's officials who were assigned to work hard. At the same time, this time, in accordance with the wishes of Emperor Hongzhi, a group of Hanlin officials from the Hanlin Academy were decentralized. A place to practice.
There is a big difference between the Hanlin Academy and the decentralization of officials in general imperial examinations.
In general, during the imperial examination, the middle and lower ranked Jinshi are usually sent to local officials to become officials, basically starting from the seventh-rank magistrate or county magistrate.
From now on, if you can become a prefect or prefect, you will be considered very good, but most of them will find it difficult to get promoted.
Unless you are appreciated by a certain elder or have a relatively deep background, you can be promoted. Then after you are promoted, you have to find a way to enter the Hanlin Academy. Only by becoming a scholar of the Hanlin Academy can you be truly valuable. In the future, he can hope to become a senior official of the Ming Dynasty.
Nowadays, the Hanlin officials in the Hanlin Academy are sent to the local areas for training. Naturally, they cannot be the same as them. They belong to the central government and go to the local areas.
Naturally, everyone started at the level of prefect or prefect. No matter how big the Ming Dynasty was, the prefects and prefectures were all fourth-grade officials. In some places like Shuntian Mansion and Yingtian Prefecture, they were all third-grade officials.
If you start high, you will definitely be promoted faster. This is the treatment of the Hanlin Academy. There is no way, those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are the best in the imperial examination, so the treatment is naturally different.
"yes!"
Han Wen quickly said yes.
This time, the practical group fought a beautiful counterattack, severely inflicting heavy losses on the conservative officials.
In the past, among the cabinet and the six ministers, there were only a few officials from the conservative faction. Now, there are suddenly more officials from the practical faction than from the conservative faction.
Han Wen is the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhong Fan is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Li Kun is the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Fang Yongliang is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Tong Rui is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Their numbers suddenly outnumbered the conservative Yang Yiqing, Yang Tinghe, and Liang Chu. Wang Qiong, Qiao Yu and others are old guard.
Compared with Han Wen, Zhong Fan, Li Kun and other hard-working officials, who were all smiling, Yang Yiqing, Yang Tinghe and others had expressionless faces. This time, the old-school officials did not gain any position.
In other words, many Hanlin officials from the Hanlin Academy were decentralized.
But when they get to the local level, these Han and Lin officials may soon become hard-working officials. There is no way. The assessment system formulated by Liu Jin was like this. It relied on data and indicators to speak for itself, and nothing else worked.
Over the years, everyone has become accustomed to it, and it has had a far-reaching impact. A large number of hard-working officials have continued to rise, and now they have directly reached the center of the imperial court.
Zhong Fan, Li Kun, Fang Yongliang, Tong Rui were like this, and there were even more among the local feudal officials.
The small meeting in the Chancery's study room ended quickly, and the ministers left one after another. They still had to go to work. There are still many things to do, including the aftermath of the epidemic, the many impacts of the drought, etc., count these.
This is one of the few years that I have to worry about.
After Emperor Hongzhi waited for them to leave, he also began to review the memorials. The amount of memorials now was much larger than before, and he needed to spend more time reading the memorials every day.
"His Majesty!"
When it was almost noon, Queen Zhang took Princess Nanyang to the study room.
"Father~"
"Haha, it's Nanyang!"
Seeing Princess Nanyang and Empress Zhang, Emperor Hongzhi simply ignored Empress Zhang and quickly put down what he was doing. This daughter was his heart and soul.
When Queen Zhang saw this scene, she couldn't help but smile.
"Father, you have forgotten to eat on time again."
Princess Nanyang looked at a table of memorials and said, "Really, why are there so many more memorials now than before."
"No, no, how could my father forget to eat?"
"Our Ming Dynasty is very big, with a total of 200 million people. Naturally, there are many, many, many things, big and small. Isn't it strange?"
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said.
"You, didn't you forget to eat?"
"This daughter has really forgotten all the important events in her life. Winter is coming soon, and in a few months, Nanyang will be nineteen years old."
Queen Zhang said with some dissatisfaction.
She came here this time, naturally, for the matter of the Nanyang Princess. The Nanyang Princess and Liu Jin's youngest son Liu Qing also had a good relationship. The progress was very fast. They were in love with each other. In addition, they were already older and it was time to get married.
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Earlier, it was because the Ming Dynasty was plagued by drought and plague, so Empress Zhang did not come to cause trouble to Emperor Hongzhi. Now that the epidemic has passed, winter is about to begin again.
Empress Zhang felt that it was time to take care of the important matter of Princess Nanyang.
"Ah~"
"I actually forgot about this."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately slapped his forehead. He had indeed been too busy and had too many worries during this period of time.
This has completely forgotten the life-long events of his daughter.
"Nanyang, how was your conversation with Liu Qing?"
"Do you think he is a reliable person?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Princess Nanyang and asked with a smile.
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Princess Nanyang blushed immediately.
She is the happiest princess. She can choose the person she wants to like, and she can also talk and develop feelings first, which was simply impossible in the past.
Princesses may seem noble, but in fact they often have tragic fates. Although the princesses of the Ming Dynasty are said to be married to ordinary children, in general they are much better off than the princesses of previous dynasties.
Princess Nanyang, as Emperor Hongzhi and the daughter of Empress Zhang, naturally loved her very much, fearing that she would not live well and marry well.
So she was allowed to choose by herself, and she could also talk about it in advance and cultivate feelings. This was completely unbelievable, which showed how much Emperor Hongzhi and Empress Zhang doted on her.
It can be said that she was born in a honeypot. Emperor Hongzhi loved her since childhood, and later her brother Zhu Houzhao loved her.
"Liu Qing is very good to me."
Princess Nanyang blushed, lowered her head, and spoke in a very, very low voice.
"Haha, just be nice to you."
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately nodded with satisfaction.
As long as her daughter likes her, the key is that Liu Qing treats her well and has a good relationship with her, that's enough. As for Liu Qing being such a playboy, he's also in love with another girl.
This seems to have nothing to do with it. It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Even without this, the Nanyang princess will have to marry many maids, palace maids, etc., who will serve the princess and the concubine in the future. No
The young ones all want to become concubines.
"Queen, please make good preparations. Be prepared. This is my daughter, and I must marry her in a glorious way."
Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and discussed the matter with Empress Zhang.
Naturally, this daughter is regarded as a treasure. Now that she is getting married, she must be well prepared and get married in a glorious manner.
"Put it down. I will order someone to prepare it properly and keep it safe for Nanyang to marry her in all her glory."
Queen Zhang naturally agreed with great care.
Now is not poorer than before. In the past, even the emperor was very poor. The dowry that could be given to the princess was actually very limited. It was usually gold, silver, jewelry, cloth, silk, and some land.
Now the Ming Dynasty royal family is very rich and has a very huge industry. Emperor Hongzhi only has this daughter. The dowry alone has to be carefully prepared, which is absolutely amazing.
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Liu Jin's hometown, Liu Jin quickly received an order from the capital.
"Ah, you actually want to grant a marriage to a Nanyang princess to Liu Qing?"
Liu Jin was dumbfounded after receiving the imperial edict.
To be honest, I have never thought about marrying the emperor, because the tradition of the Ming Dynasty is like this. The emperor does not marry the daughters of princes and ministers, and he will not marry princesses to princes and ministers. They all choose from common people.
Now Emperor Hongzhi wants to marry his precious princess to his youngest son Liu Qing. For Liu Jin, this is a huge honor, but it will also bring a lot of pressure.
The princess is not so easy to marry, and there will be a lot of rules from now on. At least at home, I have to greet the princess every day, which is always troublesome.
"Alas~"
"I'm still thinking about traveling around the world in a few years. As the favors keep adding up, it won't be so easy to escape in the future."
Liu Jin sighed helplessly.
If I had known earlier, I would have decided on Liu Qing's marriage earlier, so I wouldn't have the worries I have now.
"Fortunately, the Nanyang Princess has always been well-educated and not an unruly princess. Otherwise, it would have been even more troublesome."
Liu Jin was thinking in his heart that in the Ming Dynasty, no one was willing to marry a princess, because marrying a princess would mean losing the future and there would be no chance in the future.
Liu Qing didn't want to join the officialdom from the beginning, but it didn't matter.