Before all the officials could impeach the King of Chu together, they were shocked by Boss Zhu's decree.
As Eunuch Wu read in a long voice, the civil servants felt thunder rolling from the sky and couldn't believe their ears——
This imperial edict is about the reform of the official system. In short, there are three sentences. The first is to permanently cancel the staff establishment and change all staff to affairs officers.
From official to official, it is not as simple as changing the title.
Because the second sentence is that existing officials should be renamed administrative officers, and administrative officers must have experience as service officers.
That is to say, Zuo Er, the governor of the state and county, must start from the affairs officer, that is, the original official, breaking the original boundary between officials and officials.
In the past, officials would have scoffed at this, thinking it was just one of many unrealistic whims of Boss Zhu.
But the third sentence made them unable to laugh it off. Because Boss Zhu gave a three-year preparation period, and only after three years did the official reform begin to be implemented.
And three years later, it happened to be the time when the first batch of Guozi college students graduated...
Interpreting these three items in series, it is obvious that this reform of the official system is complementary to the education reform and imperial examination reform announced yesterday. The three arrows fired together are the complete picture of this major reform.
Officials are full of questions: What should we do? Do we have to go back and work as officials for a few days? Will only college students be able to be officials in the future? Where do college students come from?
Questions like these popped up one after another, making officials' heads buzz.
As a result, the subsequent collective impeachment of the King of Chu fell short of standard...
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"If something happens, report it early; if nothing happens, withdraw from the court..."
After Eunuch Wu finished speaking in a long voice, the civil servants rushed to say:
"Your Majesty, I have this memorial!"
"I have my own notes!"
"I also have this memorial..."
Except for Hu Weiyong and a few big shots, almost everyone in the civil service of the previous dynasty was well-qualified. The sound of reporting one after another lasted for a while before stopping, just like counting.
As a rule, Boss Zhu should ask one by one what was reported, and then the minister whose name was called would go out to briefly report what was reported and listen to the emperor's opinions on how to deal with it.
When one is finished, take on the next one.
But when faced with the sound of frogs in the room, Boss Zhu did not act according to common sense. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said:
"There are so many people who want to play, and we can't finish it even if we listen to it for three days and three nights. Let's do this, Lao Wu, you put away their notes and wait until we finish reading them."
The civil servants immediately lost their composure. Before they could respond, they heard Prime Minister Hu shout loudly: "I obey the decree!"
"..." The civil servants were completely dumbfounded. They didn't give them a chance to speak!
"Your Majesty, you don't want to completely offend the scholars in the world, do you?" Those young and energetic officials couldn't bear this arrogance, so some of them wanted to forcefully fire.
"Don't roar in the court!" Hu Weiyong shouted: "The emperor has not given permission to speak, who dares to say more?!"
"Hu Xiang?!" The officials were full of resentment. How could Xiang Hu, whom they had always respected, become like this?
"If you say one more thing, I will write it down when the censor is on duty!" Hu Weiyong said solemnly: "We will deal with it according to the roar in front of you!"
"Yes..." The officials held back helplessly.
"It's not that we don't let you talk." At this time, Boss Zhu said quietly: "After reading the memorial, I will let you say enough."
After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about state affairs."
"Yes." Hu Weiyong reported loudly: "I received an urgent report from the Sichuan capital yesterday that King Liang rejected the court's ultimatum..."
"Okay, I didn't expect that Meng Yuan has been driven to Mobei for so many years, but there is still Gu Zhong in the southwest." Boss Zhu said coldly: "Since the courtesy first is useless, then we will only have rear soldiers...
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So the monarch, ministers and senior officials discussed important national affairs, and until they retired from the court, they did not give the group of officials who were ready to make moves a chance to speak.
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After going down to court, we went out of Daming Gate.
The group of officials who were angry because they had suppressed the fire surrounded Hu Weiyong. Since he had to block the gun for Boss Zhu, of course everyone had to direct their anger at him.
"Hu Xiang, how could you do this?"
"You are the leader of our civil servants and the leader of the world's scholars. How can you blindly cater to your superiors and still not let us speak?"
"That's right, where has Prime Minister Hu's responsibility gone? You were not like this before!" The officials were angrily accusing Hu Weiyong.
"What are you doing?!" Peng Geng hurriedly stood up and protected his boss just like Hu Weiyong protected Boss Zhu. "Does Mr. Hu need to explain to you little characters what he does?"
"How was I before?" Hu Weiyong waved his hand and motioned for Peng Geng to step aside. Then he asked the officials calmly.
"Prime Minister Hu used to be very responsible. He was never ambiguous on major issues of right and wrong, and he dared to reject even an imperial edict!" All the officials gave him high hats one after another, trying to get back Prime Minister Hu who was once particularly good at fighting.
"But the result of Mr. Hu's responsibility was that his son was beheaded. If the emperor hadn't shown mercy outside the law, I'm afraid he would have been beheaded too." Hu Weiyong smiled lightly and said in a more serious tone:
"And in the past two days, the emperor has issued so many decrees, including the reform of education, the restructuring of the imperial examination, and the changes in today's official system. With so many changes, have you understood the meaning behind them? Are you so anxious to object?!
"
As he spoke, he sneered and said: "If you object, you all miss the point."
"Prime Minister Hu, please don't look down on us!" All the officials' faces turned red, not wanting to be looked down upon by Prime Minister Hu. Someone said loudly:
"These three reforms are actually the same thing. They want to dig up the ancestral graves of us civil servants and want those so-called college students to replace us!"
"Do you understand the decree just after it was announced?" Hu Weiyong said with a sarcastic smile: "Well, even if you really understand it, I would like to ask some of you who understand, how are you going to oppose it? Should you oppose all three reforms, or should you focus on them first?
Object to one item?”
"Of course they are all opposed!" The officials muttered: "Only children make choices..."
But the voice became smaller and smaller, obviously he knew it was too unrealistic.
"Haha, you still want to overturn the emperor's three reforms, haha..." Hu Weiyong sneered and said: "You are really newborn calves not afraid of tigers. Do you really think tigers don't eat people?"
"This..." The arrogance of the officials was suppressed a lot. They also realized that if the emperor's three major reforms were overturned, Boss Zhu would definitely go on a killing spree.
If you don’t give Boss Zhu any face, will Boss Zhu leave Ya’s head? By then, I’m afraid more people will be killed than in the ‘Kongyin Case’…
"Oh, by the way, there is also the issue of the Confucian Temple." Hu Weiyong raised another finger and said: "Those are the four things. Is it okay if we don't distinguish the priorities?"
As he spoke, he waved his hand and said to the officials: "Go back and think clearly about the priorities. We have discussed what we should insist on and what we can compromise on. Come back with a charter."
"Oh, yes..." All the officials thought about it. Boss Zhu's reforms are too big and involve too many areas. They really need to think about it carefully before talking about it.
