"I have met your Majesty, Lian Zining. Long live your majesty!" Lian Zining was about to kneel down when Yunxi had already ordered the eunuch to hold him up and said with a smile: "Long time no see, Lian Qing seems to be a bit darker."
Lian Zining originally had a lot to say to Yunxi, but when he heard His Majesty speak like this, he immediately realized that there was no need to say the few words he had prepared, so he smiled and replied: "Zhejiang is in the south of the capital, and the sun is more poisonous.
I am often outside the Yamen, so I get tanned."
"It's good to go dark," Yunxi asked him to sit down, while adding, "It looks more masculine when it goes dark, and he doesn't look like a weak scholar."
After hearing this, Lian Zining laughed twice and did not answer, but said again: "Your Majesty, in the five years since I have been in Zhejiang, Zhejiang..."
Lian Zining originally wanted to show off his merits first, but Yunxi interrupted him. "Lian Qing, I also know a little about your achievements in Zhejiang in the past five years. Although I don't know everything, I don't know.
Young Master, I know that I have made great achievements in your hard work over the past five years, so I will definitely give you a reward."
"But I want to talk about the errands I want to give you when I summon you to the court this time."
Lian Zining was his confidant, so Yunxi did not hide his words and said straight to the point: "Bao Aiqing is old, I plan to transfer her to a leisure job, and appoint Li Ren as Xia Fuguan, and there will be a vacancy."
Qi Tai will take over as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Chen Di will be transferred to the position of the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu. I intend to appoint you as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites."
"Your Majesty, is there anything your Majesty is very dissatisfied with what I have done in Zhejiang?" Lian Zining was silent for a moment after hearing Yunxi's words, and then said.
"Why did you say this, my dear?" Yunxi seemed to have anticipated his reaction in advance. At this time, he was not very angry because he was offended, but asked calmly.
"Your Majesty, I believe that during my tenure as the Chief Envoy of Zuo in Zhejiang, everything ordered by Your Majesty was completed, and there was never any delay. Matters within the scope of the Chief Envoy Zuo were also handled in accordance with the regulations, and there were never any omissions or omissions.
mistake."
"Why did Your Majesty assign his minister to such a pragmatic yamen as the chief seal officer?"
Yes, Fa Pei, Lian Zining thinks that the errands of the Ministry of Rites are of little use. Although they should not be revoked, he is not willing to be in charge of such an yamen and do things of no practical use every day.
Moreover, he was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel before he served as Zhejiang Zuo Buzheng. Although the Ministry of Rites is nominally the head of the six departments, due to its smaller real power, the Ministry of Personnel is actually the highest-ranking yamen among the six departments.
He could also understand that when the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was sent abroad, it meant that he could accumulate some local experience and official qualifications, but he was unwilling to serve as the Minister of Rites after returning to the court.
'Even if I am asked to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Husbandry or the Ministry of War. Even if the Ministry of War is now regarded as a military attache, Chen Xingshan is still the person in charge of the military attache's office that His Majesty trusts very much. There will always be a Ministry of Husbandry.' Lian Zining thought in his heart.
"Lian Qing, the Ministry of Rites is not a pragmatic yamen. It also has practical tasks, such as organizing the upcoming Yingtian Township Examination and next year's General Examination. The Palace Examination is also organized by the Ministry of Rites."
"Besides, does Aiqing think that sacrifices and other matters are not important?" Yunxi asked deliberately after finishing talking about the practical affairs of the Ministry of Rites.
"I don't think so." Lianzi would rather not admit it, even if he thought so in his heart. "Your Majesty, sacrificial matters such as offering sacrifices to heaven are of course very important. I am very important to the person who serves as the Minister of Rites and the person in charge of the Ministry of Rites.
Sacrifice officials have always been very respectful."
"But I have never done any errands in the Ministry of Rites, and the errands I am familiar with have nothing to do with the Ministry of Rites. I also think that I have some talents, but these talents have nothing to do with the errands of the Ministry of Rites, so I ask your Majesty to order me to do another job."
"Lian Qing, all matters in the Ministry of Rites are taken care of by the officials of the various departments and yamen below. You don't need to have previous experience. Serving as a minister in the Ministry of Rites is the same as in other departments." Yunxi said again.
Seeing that Lian Zining was about to speak again, he hurriedly said: "Besides, when I appoint you as the Minister of Rites, I also have some errands to arrange for you to do."
"First, since the beginning of the first lunar month, many officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple have been arrested. Although they have stopped pursuing the case, the officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple are also panicked and their errands are not as good as before. Aiqing has arrived.
The Ministry of Rites, first of all, please help me appease the officials of the Ministry of Rites so that they no longer have to worry about running their errands with peace of mind; secondly, you can also improve the efficiency of the officials of the Ministry of Rites in handling their errands."
Speaking of this, Yunxi smiled and said: "I already know Aiqing's method of supervising his officials to do their jobs carefully when he was the envoy to the left in Zhejiang. I think it is very good. Aiqing must implement it in the Ministry of Rites."
"The second thing I want to tell you is related to the imperial examination." He continued: "The provincial examination was held this year, next year will be the year of the examination, and the examination will be held in February. In total, it only takes less than seven months.
It's time. I want to reform the rules of the palace examination. I need your cooperation."
Having said this, he asked Lian Zining to come closer and whispered his thoughts in his ear.
"Your Majesty, this is an insult to politeness!" Lian Zining said subconsciously after hearing Yunxi's words.
Yunxi immediately darkened his face. "This is something that has been taught by the sages of the past generations, and you actually said that it is an insult to gentleness!"
"I made a mistake, your Majesty, please forgive me." Lian Zining immediately knelt down to apologize. Although he had a bad temper, he was not stupid. He knew when to be tough and contradict the emperor, and knew when to hold back. He was still
When he was an official in the capital, he knew that Yunxi didn't like white-faced scholars, and it could even be said that he disliked scholars who couldn't lift with their hands or carry on their shoulders. The series of reforms from the end of last year to the beginning of this year also made future civil servants
——Prisoner of the Imperial College——Move more and be stronger. So what he said will make Yunxi very angry. In order to restore his image in the eyes of the emperor, he could only kneel down and apologize immediately.
Yunxi stared at him for a while and then said: "My dear, it was an unintentional mistake. Get up. I forgive your innocence."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Lian Zining said quickly.
After he stood up, Yunxi's anger subsided a little. After taking a sip of water, he asked again: "Ai Qing, are you willing to do this for me?"
His words were very straightforward: Do it for me. Although the palace examination is an emperor's examination in name, it is actually organized by the Ministry of Rites. After the announcement of the reform of the palace examination that Yunxi was going to conduct, which in the eyes of traditional literati was 'degrading to politeness', literati
He did not dare to publicly scold the emperor and could only scold the officials of the Ministry of Rites, especially the Minister. Lian Zining would be under great pressure. However, it was precisely because of this that Yunxi ordered Lian Zining to serve as the Minister of Rites. Although Lian Zining has a bad temper
Big, but hard both inside and outside, it can withstand greater pressure without collapsing.
"I am willing." After thinking for a while, Lian Zining agreed. (To be continued)