The process was pretty much the same on the second day. Yunxi continued to harass Qi Tai, while Yunwen had a private meeting with a good gay friend after get off work. On the third day, August 19, they both finally had errands.
Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to test Yun Wen. Based on the principle of not letting Yun Wen leave the capital, he decided to send Yun Wen to the Bashu Division to take charge of the staff at Shanglinyuan and various banknotes (toll stations) near the capital. Wage statistics and payment work. Yunwen worked alone for the first time. He was curious about everything and did not choose a job. Huang Zicheng felt that this job was not good, but since it had been assigned, it could only be like this. He could not influence the household department. The ability of the minister.
Shen Xu, Minister of the Ministry of War, was much better. Yunxi's mother's natal family's military background was too obvious. So Shen Xu decided to send Yunxi to the Sima Department (Martial Arts Department) to be responsible for the succession of hereditary officials. However, I deliberately waited until Yunwen's work was assigned before assigning work to Yunxi.
When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, many people made great and small contributions. Those who made great contributions were awarded the third-class titles of duke, marquis and uncle. The hereditary title of these dukes, marquises and uncles was not the responsibility of the Ministry of War, but the headquarters of the Ministry of Personnel. (Literary and Selection Department) is in charge, but now the people in charge of this work in the Ministry of Civil Affairs don’t have much work, because more than 60% of the people with titles have been sent to heaven by Zhu Yuanzhang’s gift of air tickets, and their families have been sent to heaven to report, waiting for Lan Yu next year Once the case comes out, it is estimated that the people in charge of this work will be freer.
Official positions such as hereditary commanders were awarded to those with less merit. Some were actual duties. For example, Qi Jiguang, the famous anti-Japanese general, was appointed as the commander of the Dengzhou Guard by his ancestor. Some were fictitious posts. There are too many to list examples.
On the contrary, most of these people who have made minor contributions can live to die naturally. It is now the 25th year of Hongwu. Many of the early heroes have died of old age and some died in battles. Therefore, there are many people who come to apply for job promotion, and regardless of their actual duties, Whether it is a merit-based position or not, it all needs to be assessed. Therefore, the Sima Department of the Ministry of War is very busy now, and it is also suitable to test Yunxi, because Yunxi's grandfather and uncles have many old subordinates.
On the first day he came to work, Yunxi was stunned by this place, which was even more chaotic than the vegetable market. Now the status of civil and military officials is still the same, and military generals are not afraid of civilian officials, especially those who have taken up their posts, and they are not afraid of civilian officials. Those who dare to cheat and think they can pass the test based on their abilities are not afraid! So they speak very loudly.
Although everyone unconsciously lowered their voices when they saw Yunxi coming in, the volume came back up after a while. In the afternoon, Yunxi came to the venue to watch the assessment. Damn it, aren’t these just acrobats, buskers, and military generals assuming their duties? This is the test for the assessment! It doesn’t matter if you take the test for hundreds or thousands of households. The actual command officer of the Yulin Guard is a fourth-grade officer, which is equivalent to a modern deputy division-level or regimental-level officer. This is the test? Too It's just child's play.
Yunxi also learned that this was the test for the martial arts examination, and he collapsed immediately. No wonder the assessment was strict during the Jingnan period. As a result, the guardsmen in the Central Plains could not defeat Zhu Di's frontier army, which was far smaller in number than them. It was not just the difference in commanders. , and even more so the gap between middle and high-level military officers.
Returning to the Dongnuang Pavilion of Wenhua Palace in the evening, Yunxi still felt incredible. Wang Jin, Wang Xi and the newly assigned Wang Gong and Wang Bu saw that Yunxi was thinking about the problem and did not dare to speak. Yunxi was surprised and asked Wang Jin I took a pen and paper and began to think about whether I had any good suggestions for improvement. After thinking for a while, I seemed to have some ideas, but I couldn't write them down, so I just drew blindly on the paper with my good langhao pen.
The next day, Yunxi continued to go to work. Yunxi was now responsible for arranging the order of the assessment for those who were going to take the assessment. Usually, these people who were about to take the examination would huddle together in the room, scrambling to submit their own information first. People. Today, everyone lined up outside the house and went in one by one. No one made any noise. Some people talked to Yunxi, and Yunxi didn't say anything that had nothing to do with work.
All the people in the Sima Department (Martial Arts Department) were silently grateful to Shangshu Shen Shu for sending Yunxi here. Everyone was grateful to Shen Shu's eighteen generations of ancestors.
But there was no sound at all, and everyone felt uncomfortable. At this time, there was a quarrel suddenly. Everyone felt friendly, but they were also curious about who dared to quarrel. I wonder if the Third Emperor's grandson is here?
After a while, a man came in and came to Yunxi and said: "I have met your highness Hua Rong (a real person). I am the son of Hua Mao, the former commander of the capital of Guangdong and the hereditary commander of Guangzhou Zuowei, and I have come to invite you to take up the post. My father once accompanied King Kaiping in the Northern Expedition and made many military exploits. Unfortunately, he died of illness this year. There are many troubles along the east coast of Guangdong, so please arrange for my assessment as soon as possible."
When people near Zhu Yunxi heard the words "Follow King Kaiping in the Northern Expedition", they knew something was about to happen. It was up to Zhu Yunxi to see how he would handle it.
Yunxi stood up and said, "You were the one quarreling outside the door just now." Hua Rong returned: "The things in Guangdong where I am are complicated, and I am eager to go back, so I have to do this. I will apologize to him later. Apologetic."
After Yunxi listened to what he said, he then said: "Things in Guangdong are complicated, aren't they not complicated in other places?" At this point, his voice was already very stern, "Bashu and other places are still fighting, is Guangdong also fighting? Since you are a meritorious figure praised by the emperor, you should not embarrass your ancestors!"
Hua Rong retreated angrily. Yunxi walked out of the house and loudly said to all the waiting generals: "Now that we have said this, let's set a rule. Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces are far away and have many wars, so we should deal with them first; Guizhou , Jin, Hebei, and Lu are all border provinces (Liaodong belongs to Shandong), followed by other provinces. You can arrange the order yourself, and then come in one by one to handle it." After saying that, he went back. This time, no one had any questions. It’s time for other actions, and everyone queues up according to Yunxi’s new rules.
Zhu Yuanzhang found out about this in the evening. He looked at Shen Shu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and said slowly: "Did Yunxi really say that?"
"It's absolutely true. I carefully questioned all the officials of the Ministry of War present, and everything is correct," Shen Shu replied.
Lao Zhu thought for a moment and said: "Are the people he arranged at the top of the order today really all from Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces?"
"That's true." Shen Shu replied.
Lao Zhu thought for a moment and said: "Today, the three provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan have come to invite people for assessment, but how many of them are from the old department of Chang Yuchun and others?"
Shen Shu's sweat dropped instantly, and Zhu Yuanzhang actually suspected that Yunxi secretly crossed Chencang in this way!
Shen Shu could only reply: "Your Majesty, I don't know." Lao Zhu also knew that it was not the job of the Minister of War to know who was whose old ministry, not to mention that Shen Shu had not been in office for a long time. He said: " Give me the list." Shen Shu hurriedly gave the list to Su Huai'en, who handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the list, read it twice, and determined that the commanders, commanders, and commanders on the first page of the list should not have Chang Yuchun and Lan Yu's old troops. He didn't know the ones further down, but he didn't know the ones below. It didn't matter who he placed. Then he handed the list to Shen Shu and motioned for him to step back. He thought about it again before starting to deal with the memorial.
Yunxi repeated the same work in the next few days, and every night Lao Zhu would look at the order of the lists arranged by Yunxi. In actual work, Yunxi gradually had a clear idea on how to reform the current assessment system.
At the same time, Yun Wen was also working step by step in the Household Department. Yun Wen was also very serious about his work, checking the taxes repeatedly every day to ensure that there were no errors. And when wages were paid this month, he was personally responsible for the payment of wages.
It made every official who received their salary from him have tears in their eyes. They went back to tell their friends about Yun Wen's approachability, which made everyone who heard this hate deeply why their salary was not paid by Yun Wen.
Only Lao Zhu secretly frowned, feeling that Yunwen's approach was too preferential to officials. This was not what a qualified prospective prince should do. Yunwen was not only serious about his work, but also willing to unite his colleagues, be friendly to his superiors, and be kind to his subordinates. Basically modern
The comments of the recipients of the May 1st Labor Medal can all be applied to Yunwen. Everyone was satisfied with Yunwen's performance. Only one person was dissatisfied, and that was Zhu Yuanzhang.
At the same time, Yunwen squeezed out time to have a private meeting with Huang Zicheng after get off work every night to discuss issues. Huang Zicheng also revealed what he had learned from friends about Yunxi's work performance in the Ministry of War, and compared it with Yunwen. Although Huang Zicheng's analysis I was already slightly leaning towards Yunwen, but I still felt that Yunwen had no advantage. After all, Yunwen was not bad at what he did! This also made Yunwen more and more anxious.
Before you know it, August has passed and September has quietly arrived.