In order to solve the problem of insufficient teachers, Meng Jiao specifically asked Li Mi, the former prime minister, for advice. Li Mi gave him a trick: don't always search within Chang'an, but look wider and look at the entire world.
Niu Jian had been busy for more than half a month and finally had some idea. He handed the list to Meng Jiao.
Meng Jiao quickly took the list and looked at it carefully. There were more than thirty people on the list, some of whom he had already hired, such as Zhao Zhi, the commander of the Capital Water Resources Department, who was going to serve as a professor of water conservancy, and Yang Xun, the chief minister of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, who was also going to serve as a part-time professor.
Professor of Agriculture.
There are many others in the list who are in Chengdu. Meng Jiao ticked them off with his pen: Li Weijin, the commander of the Southern Tang Dynasty Shaofu Prison, Qian Hao, the commander of the weaving and dyeing department, Pei Hua, the weapons commander of the Ordnance Supervision, Sinong Temple
Li Chong, the magistrate of Shanglin Bureau, and Han Weihao, the magistrate of Dianmu Bureau in Taipu Temple, were all officials who were promoted from practice and were proficient in technology.
There are also some talented people in Jiangnan below. The first ones are Lu Yu and Seng Jiaoran who are tea scholars in agriculture.
Meng Jiao hurriedly read the entire list. Most of them needed to be dug out. He quickly said: "I'll go find Pan Changshi and discuss with him what to do?"
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In the chief historian's room, Pan Liao read the list several times, pondered for a moment and asked: "How were these officials selected?"
"According to the long history, a temporary official office was specially established in the humble office. Niu Shucheng and more than a dozen officials were responsible for the selection. They repeatedly compared and selected from various evaluation documents retained by the Ministry of Personnel. This group of officials were first promoted from the bottom.
They have been engaged in this industry for at least fifteen years, and they all have actual performance as support. It took Niu Shucheng and the others half a month to complete the list."
"I see!"
Pan Liao nodded, expressing his approval of Meng Jiao's selection principles. He ordered his subordinates, "Please ask Du Sima and the Recommendation Department to come over."
Not long after, Sima Duyou and the recommendation officer Cheng Ming quickly came to Pan Liao's official office.
Du You served as the Zuo Sima of the Jin Palace and concurrently served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. This was equivalent to the Deputy Prime Minister concurrently serving as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He held the real power of the Ministry of Personnel in his hands. This was also Guo Song's recognition of his ability.
The Recommendation Department is a department under the Department of Personnel. It is divided into four departments: literary selection, honors, examinations, and recommendation. Among them, the Recommendation Department is responsible for selecting and recommending private officials, but in fact they have another hidden responsibility,
That is to tap outstanding talents from other forces.
"Pan Changshi has something to do with me. Do you plan to treat me to a drink at noon?" Du You walked in with a smile and asked.
"Okay! If you give me some face, Sima, I'll treat you to lunch!"
The two laughed, and Pan Liao asked them to sit down and handed the list to Du You, "This is a list of teachers compiled by Meng Shu's order. His Highness the King of Jin has requested that Taixue should instead train professional talents, but
There is a serious shortage of teachers, so the Imperial College has found more suitable candidates from officials from various places. Du Sima should know this!"
Du You nodded and smiled: "How could I not know? I also specially arranged people to help the Imperial College find old files."
"Since Du Sima knows about it, I'll leave it to the Department of Personnel Affairs to recruit people."
Du You took the list, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Lu Yu is also on the list. Is Taixue going to start a tea class?"
Meng Jiao bowed and said: "Reporting to Sima, teaching tea making is actually the intention of His Highness the King of Jin. His Highness the King of Jin believes that the promotion of the tea industry in the future will prosper business and bring great benefits to the government, no less than wine, so we
Talent reserves must be prepared in advance.”
Du You nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has a far-sighted vision and can always see ten or even decades into the future. This is the most admirable thing."
He handed the list to Cheng Ming, "This matter is urgent. Taixue will start classes in September, and there are still more than two months left. Your recommendation office must seize the time."
"I understand the humble position!"
Cheng Ming asked again: "How to arrange their treatment and rank?"
He seemed to be asking Du You, but in fact he was asking Pan Liao. After all, Pan Liao was the chief historian. Officials above the seventh rank and below the fifth rank were the chief historian, who was responsible for appointing officials and submitting them to the King of Jin for approval.
Du You looked at Pan Liao, "What's Pan Changshi's opinion?"
Pan Liao pondered for a while and said: "According to their current rank, for example, if the Central Office Order and the Lower Office Order of the Southern Tang Dynasty are the eighth-grade official or the eighth-grade official, then we will all appoint them as assistants of the seventh-grade Taixue and arrange
For the corresponding official residence, three hundred guans will be given as housing allowance, and there may be another appointment in the future."
Du You clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Chang Shi and I thought of going together. It seems that Chang Shi can't miss the lunch at noon."
Pan Liao chuckled, "Okay! I'll come find you later. Today we'll go to Taibai Tower for a drink."
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The Taibai Building was bustling with people, and the upstairs and downstairs were full of guests. The several elegant rooms on the third floor were VIP rooms, and one must have a certain identity to use them.
In the wintersweet hall on the third floor, Du You and Pan Liao sat opposite each other. A beautiful lady was responsible for pouring wine for them. Du You tasted the wine and said with a smile: "I don't know why, I'm used to drinking Meishou wine, but I don't like Meishou Shao."
Chun is no longer interested."
"That's because you are not good at wine. People who are good at wine will find the wine too weak, so they must drink soju to be satisfied."
"Maybe!"
Pan Liao pondered for a moment and said: "Today's recruitment of teachers gave me a lot of inspiration. I think we are a bit too narrow-minded and don't pay much attention to outstanding officials from outside. We must recruit or train ourselves."
Du You turned around and smiled at the wine girl: "Please step aside first! We will do it ourselves and we will call you when needed."
The wine girl was very discerning and knew that the guest wanted to talk about business, so she stood up, bowed and left.
After the wine girl left, Du You said: "I think the main reason is that the current official position system is not very sound. It is a bit like the official position system of the East Palace. Ministries and departments are mixed together. The advantages of this are that there are fewer people, compactness, and high execution ability.
, but because the shelf is too small, the number of officials can be accommodated is limited. Of course, we must first consider the old ministers and the Jinshi we train ourselves, and there is no room for foreign ministers."
Pan Liao sighed and said: "But His Highness the King of Jin is very satisfied with the current system. It is difficult to persuade him."
Du You shook his head, "I know that the current system is a plan planned by Yan Xiangguo. In Hexi Jiedu Mansion, such a system is indeed very suitable, and like the establishment of Baihutang, the three functions of Shizhong, Shizhong and Judge
Combining them into one, clarifying rights and responsibilities, and judging priorities is simply a stroke of genius, which is amazing.
But now that we have a vast territory, a large population, and hundreds of states, the existing system is indeed a bit cramped, too hasty but not leisurely enough, too huddled together, and lacks the ability to expand outward."
"Du Sima should know that there are some things we cannot do. After all, His Highness the King of Jin recognizes the imperial court. Now we have reached the limit. If we take another half step forward, we will be overstepping our bounds. His Highness the King of Jin said that this is what Yan Xiangguo designed.
The essence of this system is that it has the reality of a court but not the name of a court."
Du You drank the wine in his glass and said, "Maybe you are right, I think simply."
Pan Liao filled a glass of wine for him and said with a smile: "Some of your suggestions are not bad. After His Highness comes back, we will all sit down and discuss together to find a good way to make use of the world's outstanding officials."
Du You pondered for a moment and said, "Wei Huan came to see me yesterday."
Pan Liao paused while holding the wine glass in the air, and sighed softly, "He is difficult to handle!"
"Your Highness, do you have anything to say?"
Pan Liao smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness wants to use Wei Yingwu."
Wei Yingwu was the governor of Suzhou. He was dismissed by Song Chaofeng because he wrote poems that ridiculed the power of the eunuchs. He had just returned to Chang'an not long ago. Guo Song admired him very much and planned to use him again. It happened that Wei Huan, the Minister of Punishment of the Southern Tang Dynasty, also came back. Guo Song
He was a little hesitant. Appointing two important Wei ministers at once would cause dissatisfaction from other aristocratic families, so Guo Song had to be cautious.
"I'll go talk to him! How does Your Highness want to use Wei Yingwu?"
"His Royal Highness wants to use him as Jing Zhaoyin, and Du Wenxing will be appointed as the propaganda envoy within the Suzheng Pass."
The Suzhengtai is not entirely as single in function as the Yushitai. It is actually the Supervision Office of the Ministry of Personnel, the Inspection Office of the Ministry of War and the Supervision Office of the Ministry of Punishment integrated into one.
The main responsibilities are to supervise officials, supervise the military and review important criminal cases, and manage both military and civilian affairs. It has great power.
Initially, inspection offices were established in various places. Last year, the various inspection offices in Suzhengtai and Shangshu Xingtai were combined into one, and they were changed to Suzhengtai Xingtai, and the inspection envoys were also upgraded to Xuanfu envoys.
This is mainly because Guo Song abolished the Jiedu Prefectures in various places, and there were no official offices at the Dao level. Below the Jin Palace was the state, but the Dao level existed objectively, such as Hexi Road, Longyou Road, and Shuofang Road.
, Guannai Road, Guanzhong Road, Hedong Road, etc.
Then it would be more reasonable for the Suzheng Taiwan to set up an executive platform at the Dao level to exercise the power of supervision, military supervision and review of criminal cases.
This is actually the official system of the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the official system of the Song Dynasty, there is still a lack of an important transshipment department. In the Tang Dynasty, this power was given to the Salt and Iron Supervisor. The main reason for the Jin Palace was because water transportation was not extensive and was mainly concentrated on the Yellow River.
and Fenshui, all transshipment rights are under the jurisdiction of the Transshipment Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and will be slowly transferred to the Salt and Iron Department in the future.
"Okay! Let me talk to Wei Huan and let him calm down for a while!"
Pan Liao said calmly: "If his demands are not so high, I believe His Highness will make an arrangement for him, but if his demands are too high, I believe His Highness will also make an arrangement for him."