Chapter 353 Formulate the promotion rules for officials!
Chapter 353 Formulate rules for official promotion!
"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Rites can handle this matter. However, our Ministry of Rites is short of manpower, so we need the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate money to us. We can also recruit people to open a literacy school."
Xue Bingtian said in a deep voice.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen nodded involuntarily and was about to agree. Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "The money of your Ministry of Rites should be enough."
"This! Your Highness, the money of our Ministry of Rites is really not enough. Think about it, we only have so many officials in the Ministry of Rites. To popularize writing among the people, we need to recruit tens of thousands of people. If one person is given ten taels of silver, that is ten thousand."
Ten thousand taels of silver!"
Xue Bingtian said in a deep voice.
"My prince's intention is not for you to open a literacy school, but to find the common people during their free time when they are working in the fields and explain the writing to them."
Lin Fan said.
"Ah! Your Highness, you are trying to make things difficult for us! This requires more manpower and more money!"
Xue Bingtian said in surprise.
"This...that is not something that this prince has to worry about. In short, if the officials of the Ministry of Rites can't do it, they won't have to go to court in the future, and they won't need to report to the Ministry of Rites!"
"In the future, I won't give you any salary or anything like that. In other words, the Ministry of Rites will be disbanded!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
hiss!
The Ministry of Etiquette will be disbanded!
After hearing this, the officials of the Ministry of Rites took a breath of air-conditioning. His Royal Highness's move was really cruel!
"Your Majesty! Please say something to me. If the Ministry of Rites is disbanded, this...this court and the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos!"
The officials from the Ministry of Rites said in unison.
"You are overthinking it. When you had so many people in the Ministry of Rites, didn't the Ming Dynasty almost get invaded by thieves?"
"Now that I have said so much, what can I do if I have nothing? Just do what I say honestly. If you can't do it, I will take it upon you!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
The head of Xue Bingtian, the Minister of Rites, suddenly dropped. Lin Fan looked at him and sneered in his heart. He had to give the officials of the Ministry of Rites a hard blow and then go back and tell them what to do.
"Your Highness, after what you said, there is indeed something wrong with the officials in the Ministry of Rites, but our officials in the Ministry of Personnel are diligent and have never made any mistakes!"
"As for the promoted officials who have committed crimes, that is also their personal behavior. A person's character can be disguised. Can we examine it clearly?"
"Furthermore, His Highness the Crown Prince also said that in the future, I will wait for officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs to promote talents. If problems arise again, we will also be punished. How can I dare to promote talents in the future?"
Wang Wuji, the official minister, said in a deep voice.
Among these people, he felt that he was the most unjustly accused. He had clearly not provoked His Highness the Crown Prince, yet he was nominated and reprimanded so harshly.
The main function of the Ministry of Personnel is to appoint officials. If there is a possibility of being beheaded while doing this, then which official would dare to actively do this?
Lin Fan looked at Wang Wuji. He knew that this man was a ruthless character who rarely talked but was extremely capable of doing things.
Officials who received special approval from him rarely had problems. Lin Fan still wanted to continue to reuse this person.
"Wang Wuji, this prince just made a request to you, won't you think of other ways to avoid this kind of thing?"
"You have to know that you can't realize your talents and ambitions by complaining blindly. You are in charge of the staff, and you should also want to select smart and capable talents for the imperial court."
"In this case, you should know how to face difficulties. The more thorny the road ahead, the more courageous you must move forward!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"But! I'm not a god, I can't see through people's hearts!"
Wang Wuji said in a deep voice.
"I'm not asking you to see through people's hearts, but you can see a person's talent and ability to do things!"
"Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel should formulate a complete rule for officials to be promoted. For example, if a seventh-grade official is to be promoted to sixth-grade, he must have served for two years or have major outstanding performance."
"In this way, a certain threshold is set. Officials who want to be promoted in a short period of time must make some outstanding political achievements!"
"And this political achievement is to do good things and practical things for the people. Since they have done it, no matter what the purpose is, the court should reward them."
"And it is also good for the people to change the officials in counties and cities every two years. It can at least ensure that the officials and the squires in various places will not collude."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
hiss!
After Wang Wuji heard this, he was shocked and speechless. Is this so easy to do?
How come I never thought of it?
"Your Majesty, if you follow this method completely, wouldn't the flow of talents slow down a lot? It will take more than ten years for some talents who can be used by Your Majesty to enter the court!"
Wang Wuji said in a deep voice.
"This requires the cooperation of the imperial examination, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials. In our imperial examination, don't we have the first prize, the second prize, and the third prize?
Anyone who can get the top three in the imperial examination will receive special care."
"Send them to serve in a certain small county for two years. The officials should always pay attention to the county where they serve and observe their character and ability. As long as they meet the requirements, they can be directly promoted to the capital. After a period of inspection, if they are really
Only if he is a talented person can he be recommended to His Majesty."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince! You are truly a great talent! If our staff follows this method, then all the officials promoted will be talented people!"
Wang Wuji said in surprise.
"Wang Wuji, don't get excited too early. There are disadvantages in doing so, because every link requires human effort. As long as people are doing things, they can be bribed."
"Therefore, officials who are going to observe the conduct of officials must have special powers to directly contact you. At the same time, no one can stay in a county for more than three months at the same time. Moreover, when everyone is transferred to another place, they must be responsible for the situation.
Summarize the conduct of the observed officials, and this summary must be confidential!"
"In this way, when it is time to promote this official, you can take out the summaries and compare them. If every summary is praising, it means that this person has good conduct. If there are different summaries, it means that this person has made great achievements.
Suspected of being a rapist!"
Lin Fan said again.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is absolutely right. I will work out the specific details when I return. At that time, I will show them to His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
Wang Wuji said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan looked at Wang Wuji and nodded. This man is indeed a loyal man to the country. You can take more care of him in the future.