The adjournment time is the meal time, which was originally agreed upon.
However, Zhao Xi temporarily changed it into a time to win over his ministers' hearts.
The meals were not rich, and the uniform combination of meat and vegetables was the fast food of later generations.
At noon, when the tray was taken away by the palace maid, the agitated mood gradually calmed down, and the court was ready to enter the next agenda...~
The second item on the agenda is the reply to the motion proposal.
The courtiers didn't know exactly how to reply. Some were looking forward to it, some were worried, some were excited, and some were uneasy.
Those who look forward to it are because of all the novelties in the past, which make them look forward to the way the proposal will be answered.
Those who were anxious were those who were not sure whether the responses to proposals would satisfy the cabinet and officials, and those who were perfunctory when putting forward proposals and motions. From the previous work report of the wealthy prime minister, they felt the seriousness of the court, so they responded
My perfunctory approach was a bit unsettling.
Some have intentions and some have no intentions, which resulted in the different moods of the courtiers at this time.
At this time, the side door of the Qinzheng Hall opened again. This time, the people who came into the Qinzheng Hall were no longer palace maids, nor eunuchs. Judging by their attire, they were all scholars... ~ These were the scholars selected by the Imperial Academy and Gongyuan.
son.
The service of the scholars is different from that of the maids. The number is only the same as the number of rows in the Qinzheng Hall. There are two scholars in each row, one on each side...
This time, there was no announcement from the internal supervisor, nor was there any presiding over from the cabinet. The scholars distributed the manuscripts in their hands to each minister in turn...~
"The second agenda item of the Great Court Meeting. Each court office will read out the contents of the proposed motions, and read out the classified rankings."
"The answers to all proposals and motions are copied in the manuscript and will not be read out one by one at the court meeting. Each government office will select the best and worst proposals and motions in different categories and read them out."
Fu Bi once again stood in front of the table on the left to preside... Next, the meeting was handed over to the chief officials of each yamen of the imperial court, that is, some of the political officials.
At this time, there was a chaotic buzz for the first time in the Qinzheng Palace. Even if there were inspectors recording bad behavior, they could not silence the courtiers.
The imperial court required that every court meeting require a proposal to participate in the discussion of government affairs. Before the imperial meeting, there was also an edict explaining the requirements for proposing a motion. But who would have thought that the imperial court would make the proposal public?
This is almost close to the form of Dabi...～
In the entire Qinzheng Hall, most people have gone through the Grand Competition, but how many people regard the degree of care in the proposed motion as a matter of great competition? How many people take it seriously?
Now, the imperial court has actually made the proposal public, just to put it on the table for everyone to evaluate...~
Civil servants are not the first, they are all civil servants. Who wants to be criticized by Yi Zheng on such an occasion? Who doesn't want Yi Zheng to be praised by name?
"Ding Dong..."
The noise didn't stop, Zhao Xi knocked on the Jin Ou again.
"If anyone makes a noise again, the supervisory office will record the bad behavior! If he doesn't stop, he will be expelled from the Qinzheng Hall!"
The act of kindness is over, now it’s time to use your authority!
From the determination of the three-level decision-making system to the format of the court meeting, from the previous proposal requirements to the current public disclosure, including the previous gathering of ministers' hearts, Zhao Xi has been promoting it step by step.
Nominating the cabinet to discuss politics, and then participating in politics, may be considered by the courtiers as an honor and a right, but Zhao Xi is telling them that it is more of a responsibility.
Regardless of whether it is the participation in and deliberation of government affairs in local prefectures, counties, or the participation in and deliberation of government affairs in various government offices, there are always chances that people do not take the imperial meeting seriously.
In the past, even if you made no contribution to the country in your life, you would still be promoted as long as you were qualified.
Whether you have ability or not, compared to the evaluation by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, it is not difficult to get a middle-level evaluation.
But this time, Zhao Xi used this method to put the abilities of the ministers and workers on the same platform in the form of proposals, so that all the ministers and workers participating in the meeting could understand...
"The top-ranked proposal from the Ministry of Household Affairs is from Chen Qing, the chief official of Qinzhou Prefecture's Qipinqiang Farm. The proposal puts forward opinions and suggestions on the transactions with Xixia's wool, green salt, ironware, etc., and is targeted to the relevant policies of the imperial court.
The words are meaningful, and the Ministry of Accounts and the three envoys evaluated it and ranked it first-class!"
"The last person in the ranking is Wang Xin, the eighth-grade wine supervisor of Ruzhou. The entire proposal is full of rhetoric, and Ruzhou wine service is not even mentioned. It is so eloquent that I don’t know what to say. It is regarded as a useless proposal!"
"Now, I would like to ask Chen Qing, the chief officer of Qinzhou Prefecture, and Wang Xin, the wine supervisor of Ruzhou, to stand up!"
This is cruel! Reputation is the most important thing for scholar-bureaucrats, and on such occasions, using such comparisons really makes people feel ashamed!
There is a term of office to participate in and discuss politics, but there is such a comparison. If you cannot achieve particularly eye-catching results in the next five years, it goes without saying that you will suffer a lot during these five years. After the term is over, you will definitely be demoted.
Chen Qing was very happy. After all, this was an honor. Even the row of ministers and ministers marked with Qinzhou Mansion felt honored.
Wang Xin, on the other hand, hesitated to stand up, but the entire staff of the Qinzheng Hall looked at the column marked Ruzhou... there was no way to hide.
On this occasion, hundreds of people paid attention. Even though Wang Xin was a special player, he valued reputation and knew how to be ashamed.
No matter how unbearable he was behind the scenes, at this moment, he really felt like he had no life left.
Colleagues, in the same year, Shangguan, including cabinet ministers and officials, the entire Qinzheng Palace's attention was focused on him, and the Minister of Household Affairs even forgot to continue to read out the ranking of other proposals...~
"This is only the first court meeting, and it is also the first time that all ministers and ministers have proposed proposals. It is understandable that there are any mistakes."
"The imperial court will not judge whether a minister is qualified for the job based on the ranking of any minister's proposal. However, the accumulation of five years of tenure will definitely be the basis for the court to reward and punish ministers."
"Seeking truth and being pragmatic is the basis for speaking truthfully. If you ignore government affairs and deal with political affairs in a perfunctory manner, you will naturally not be able to speak truthfully. I hope that all ministers will take Wang Xin as a warning and Chen Qing as an example.
Work hard for the prosperity of our Song Dynasty."
"At the same time, Chen Qing should guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and Wang Xin should know his shame and then be brave. In the coming year, I hope that in the evaluation of proposals by various government offices, there will no longer be useless words in all comments!"
At this time, Zhao Xi spoke.
The purpose of this form is not to beat specific ministers to death with a stick, but to root a consciousness and a pragmatic orientation in government affairs among ministers.
It is necessary to master the degree of breaking a jar and breaking it, and knowing one's shame and then being brave again.
At this moment, Zhao Xi was sure that all the ministers in Qinzheng Palace did not want to be Wang Xin's second. Zhao Xi hoped that Wang Xin could be Chen Qing's second in the following year.
Therefore, he needs to speak out, whether it is encouragement or encouragement, but also to convey his political philosophy.