Chapter 960 Administrative Officers and Affairs Officers
"Even so, the Ministry of Industry is too slow. I have to go back and urge you. Huang Lu remembers to remind me later." Yunxi said. In this era, earth dragons are equivalent to heating. Without earth dragons, winter would be very difficult. With
Although Yunxi, who thought of later generations, was not able to lay ground dragons for the people of the whole country, various government agencies could still do it. Newly built public rental housing also began to lay ground dragons. Huang Lu agreed.
After talking about this, Yunxi asked Jin Shan about his work. "How many supervisors are there in the Imperial College now? How many people are there in each hall? How many classes are there?" At this time, the students in the Imperial College were divided into six halls and three classes.
The three halls of Zhengyi, Chongzhi, and Guangye are elementary, Xiudao, the second hall of Chengxin are medium, and the hall of Sustainability is advanced. Only those who graduate from high school can be awarded the official rank.
"Your Majesty, in accordance with the rules established by the late emperor, the six classes are divided into thirty-two classes, each class has about **10 people, and there are more than 2,600 students in prison. Among them are the ones with justice, Zhongzhi, and Guangye.
, to practice Taoism, there are five classes in each of the five sincerity halls, and seven classes in the Suixing hall." Jin Shan replied.
"Why, aren't there a fixed number of students enrolled every year? Why are the number of students at each level different?"
"Your Majesty, there is a reason for this. First, although according to the rules set by the late emperor, the Imperial Academy's academic system is four years, including one and a half years for elementary school, one and a half years for middle school, and one year for high school. But to advance to the middle school, you need to be refined.
It takes most students four to five years to reach this level of mastery of the classics. On the contrary, it only takes two or three years for most students to advance from a secondary school to a high school. Therefore, there are fewer students in the second school of sincerity."
"Both of them, according to the regulations, can only be appointed officials after graduating from Suixingtang. However, in recent years, the court has needed a large number of officials. Many students who entered Suixingtang not long ago were selected as officials by the Ministry of Civil Affairs before they graduated. Officials
What my colleagues in the department said is reasonable. The students of the Imperial College are also willing, and it is not easy for me to stop them." Jin Shan explained helplessly. As a minister of the Imperial College, he was worried that these students would not be able to do well in their official positions.
Well, others criticized me for "neglecting supervisory duties" and "eating without food".
"There is nothing we can do about it." Yunxi comforted him: "In recent years, the imperial court has established many new official positions, and many yamen have also been established. There are many officials needed, so we can only let the students of the Imperial College graduate early."
"Your Majesty, if there are not enough officials, why not increase the number of Jinshi admitted by the imperial examination? You can also select a large number of officials." Jin Shan said.
Yunxi smiled and said nothing. In his opinion, people with a Jinshi background are equivalent to political affairs officers. What do you need so many political affairs officers for? You can do it if you want to be an official, but you can only be an affairs officer and come to the Imperial College to study. After graduation,
You can be awarded an official position and receive preferential treatment, and you can directly practice Taoism in a middle-level school and study in the Second Hall of Sincerity.
Jin Shan saw Yun Xi but smiled and said nothing, and stopped talking about the matter. He also talked about other problems in the prison now, such as doctors, teaching assistants, Xuezheng and other academic officers, whose ability to teach and educate people was uneven.
After enrolling in the Imperial Academy, a distinguished student rarely abides by the rules of the Imperial College.
"All students, regardless of their origins, must be strictly controlled according to the rules. If there is any violation, they will be dealt with according to the rules. The abilities of the academic officers vary, so you can list the ones you think should be dismissed based on your usual evaluation.
I just approved it. In my opinion, these two things are nothing."
"In my opinion, the biggest problem is that what the Imperial College teaches is too simple. It only teaches the Four Books and the Thirteen Classics, rather than practical practice."
After saying this, Yunxi noticed that Jin Shan's expression was a little surprised, and immediately said: "I'm not saying that the Four Books and the Thirteen Classics are not important. On the contrary, they are very important, but there are many things that the Four Books and the Thirteen Classics are not.
As for how to deal with it, although Song Zhaopu said that he should govern the world according to half of the Analects, he had already practiced it step by step and knew how to govern the world according to the Analects. How can ordinary officials have this understanding?"
Yunxi believed that the official position that Jinshi selected from the imperial examination every three years should be political officers, similar to the officials and department heads elected through general elections in Western countries. They do not need to do detailed work and can control major policies.
Good; and in the future, the position of graduates of the Imperial College will be administrative officers, who will handle specific matters in accordance with major political policies. If some people do well as administrative officers, they can be promoted to administrative officers, but administrative officers cannot become administrative officers.
Since the future position is to be an official, we can't just study the Four Books and the Thirteen Classics, we have to learn things that are really related to being an official. The role of the Imperial College is to provide pre-job training to these scholars who only have a brain of the Four Books before entering school.
Yunxi had thought about this problem three or four years ago, but there were too many things he wanted to change at that time, so he gave it up later. He didn't think of it until he returned to the capital this year to attack Neo-Confucianism, so he appointed Jin Shan to serve as the imperial minister.
, prepare for this.
"Your Majesty, have you underestimated the understanding of scholars in the world? It is true that some people are not talented enough, but it would be better if such people are not used as officials." Jin Shan said.
"It is true that the methods for handling practical matters can be learned from the Four Books, but how much time will it take for officials? There are still only a few extremely smart people."
"I don't think that the Imperial College will not need to teach students the Four Books and Thirteen Classics in the future, but only increase the teaching of practical matters." Yunxi argued again.
"That's what your Majesty said." Jin Shan is not a stickler for the past. He also knows that although in theory it is possible to govern the country according to the "Analects of Confucius", in reality unless he is an extremely smart person, problems will definitely occur. He asked again:
"How does Your Majesty plan to improve it?"
When Yunxi heard that he agreed to carry out reforms, he immediately smiled and said: "I have a charter to discuss with Jin Qing."
"The content taught in the three elementary schools of Zhengyi, Chongzhi, and Guangye remains unchanged. Starting from the two secondary schools of Xiudao and Chengxin, each yamen is taught the practicalities of handling major matters and minor affairs. Suixing Hall no longer teaches students the Four Books and Thirteen Classics.
All taught in practical terms.”
"Starting from the Second Hall of Cultivation and Sincerity, a system of subject division has been implemented, divided into 'majors' such as household, criminal, engineering, and military. Each major has a certain number of places. Students are allowed to register on their own first. However, if there are not enough students to register for the major, they will
Move a few people from redundant majors. From now on, all students can only serve as officials in the yamen corresponding to their majors. For example, students majoring in households can only serve as officials in the household department, unless the person is very capable and can become a fourth-grade official.
Official positions above. All students from the Imperial College who want to be officials must start from the grassroots level and be promoted bit by bit."
"In addition, I will also limit the origins of the students of the Imperial College in the future. The original students who studied from various prefectures, states, and counties do not need to be changed. It is also allowed to serve as a prisoner, and there is no need to go through the elementary school and go directly to the monastery. Sincerity
Second class reading.”
"But admission to the Imperial College must be strictly controlled. You must be recommended by the prefect before you can enroll, and you can only recommend people who are officials. As for the Yin Prison, you can only strictly manage them in the future."
"Finally, there are five elementary and middle schools, including Justice, Chongzhi, Guangye, Cultivation and Sincerity. All students in Suixing Hall are not allowed to withdraw from school and take the imperial examination. If there is any violation, I will never hire them, no matter how good their literary talent is."
Xi spoke out all his reforms of the Imperial College in one breath.
"Your Majesty, I very much agree with the restriction on the origins of the supervisory students. To be honest with you, I must say that almost every year there are unqualified white students who are admitted to the school. On the contrary, although there are students in various prefectures, states, and counties who are disobedient to discipline, their knowledge is good.
Still qualified.”
"Should we decide whether to order all prison students to start as junior officials? The lowest level of Jinshi who came from the imperial examination is the county magistrate of the seventh rank. Why should the students of the Imperial College do this?" Jin Shan said.
Although Yunxi's method of replacing officials with officials was very covert, in the past few years, some people always noticed it and thought that the low-ranking officials were the officials of the past and were unwilling to work.
"I know that many students in the Imperial College are picky and unwilling to be inferior officials. This idea must be eradicated! In the future, except for people with a Jinshi background, all other officials will have to start from scratch and be promoted bit by bit.
Only in this way can we know how to deal with all things and be experienced in government affairs. I know that they think that the officials who are not popular now are the officials of the past. This is wrong. How did the officials of the past have the chance to be promoted? And as long as they do well, they will be able to
Promotion. When you are in the Imperial College, you must tell all the supervisors this."
"What's more, if we don't let the supervisors do it, who will let these low-level officials do it? They will continue to be controlled by local gangsters like the subordinate officials in the past, causing the good policies that I and you dear friends to formulate to be distorted in the local area?"
Yunxi has no intention of giving in. The reforms he is carrying out today are not only the reform of the Imperial College, but also the reform of the entire civil service system. If he gives in here, the new system he has built similar to the modern civil servants will have to be overhauled.
, so we must never give in.
What's more, there is no need for him to give in. There are so many talented people in the world, but only a few percent can pass the imperial examination, and only one ten thousandth can pass the imperial examination. If you don't want to do it, there will always be someone who is willing to do it. 'You guys.
Historically, these supervisors could only serve as the lowest and smallest officials by the mid-Ming Dynasty. My reforms at least retain the possibility for you to be promoted to middle and high-level officials. You are not satisfied yet.' Yunxi thought.
Jin Shan still felt that Yunxi's reforms were not appropriate, or that he was too eager for quick success and quick success, so he gave some advice. After Yunxi thought about it, he finally said: "In this case, it is up to you to evaluate all the students in Suixingtang.
The high ones can directly become officials of the seventh or eighth grade, the medium ones can be the first-grade officials, and the low ones can be officials of the lower ranks." But he thought in his heart: "This is just an excess. Wait for the system to be smoothed out in a few years.
Yes, this article must be repealed.'
"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Shan accepted. He discussed the details with Yunxi for a while, wrote down the new regulations one by one, and finalized the matter.
