Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2056, the dead come alive

"Jiang Gong, is there something wrong with this list?"

Han Wen thought for a while and said.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Han Wen also has great power in his hands. If he disagrees with the list drawn up by the Ministry of Officials, it is almost impossible to pass it.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Mian said with a smile when he heard it.

In fact, I was very clear in my heart that most of the promotions this time were officials from the conservative school, which would definitely arouse strong dissatisfaction from officials from the practical school.

But there is no way, this time of the epidemic, the conservative side also suffered heavy losses. Mao Ji, Xu Ming, Tang Mu and others were all beheaded. Nanzhili and Shandong, as the base camps of the conservatives, also suffered heavy losses. Things, magistrates, and prefects almost fell down a lot.

In addition, many gentry families in Nanzhili suffered heavy losses because of their involvement in this incident, and the Yi tribe almost wiped out the scholarly families in many places directly.

Who let these people collude with profiteers to drive up food prices and make a fortune for the country.

What age has it been? The Son of Heaven is no longer the Son of Heaven. In the past, he did not pay much attention to the power of the factory guards, so the Son of Heaven basically didn’t know what the ministers said, and was fooled.

But now, for more than 20 years, the emperor has attached great importance to the factory guards, and more and more funds are allocated every year. telegraph.

This allows the emperor to grasp every move of local officials and officials at any time, and the collusion between officials and businessmen to drive up food prices is not courting death.

The killing of these people caused heavy losses to the strength of the old school, so it was natural to promote other people to replace them, especially in important positions, people from the old school had to be used.

So Jiang Mian also knew that this list was inappropriate, but he still wanted to mention it.

"Zhang Lian, who was transferred to Nanzhili chief envoy on this list, was originally Shanxi's inspector. According to the epidemic situation this time, his performance is average, and it can even be described as bad. He was promoted to Nanzhili chief envoy. Is the chief envoy inappropriate?"

"There is also this Hu Ding, who was originally the inspector of Zhejiang Province. According to the past assessment data, his performance is very average. There are many people who are better than him. If he is directly promoted, I am afraid that people in the world will not be convinced."

Han Wen pointed out the two people on the list one after another. Zhang Lian and Hu Ding were both conservative officials, so their performance was naturally very average. Well, I will be demoted directly.

But now that the conservative faction is in power, not only have they not been demoted, but now they are even promoted. This is tantamount to turning the official evaluation system established by Liu Jin into a dead letter.

Those who perform well will not be promoted, and those who perform poorly will be promoted instead. How can this convince others?
After that, everyone will go back to the way they were before. It doesn’t matter whether you do well or not. The key is to be able to squeeze money and build relationships. As long as you have a lot of money and good relationships, you can make a fortune. As for the life and death of ordinary people, it doesn’t seem to matter. up.

"Han Gong's words are wrong."

"I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with the list."

Yang Tinghe said: "Although Zhang Lian said that the performance of the epidemic is average this time, the epidemic in Shanxi has been brought under control. He has contributed a lot and should be promoted."

"Although Hu Ding's previous assessments were relatively average, he is talented and knowledgeable. The court should appoint talents on their own merits instead of looking at cold data tables. What's more, this data table may not be really accurate. Who knows Will there be any lies?"

"Furthermore, the situation in each province is slightly different, and it cannot be generalized, and sometimes it is viewed separately."

"Yes, Mr. Han."

"What Yang Gong said is reasonable. Both Hu Ding and Zhang Lian are excellent officials and should be promoted."

Jiang Mian also nodded and said.

"I see, this matter should be left to the emperor to decide."

Yang Yiqing frowned. He was actually a member of the conservative school, but he admired the hard-working people because he knew that only the hard-working officials could achieve results, and Daming sometimes needed the hard-working officials.

These conservative officials are hard to talk about and have a good pen, but they just can't do anything practical.

"What Yang Gong said is reasonable!"

When Jiang Mian heard this, he also expressed his support.

In fact, since ancient times, when the appointment and dismissal of major personnel is related to this kind of relationship, it is often based on the standing of the team and the distance of the relationship. It is difficult to say that the decision is really based on talent and ability.

If you appoint someone who is talented and capable but does not deal with you, that is also setting up a deadly enemy for yourself.

If it is left to the emperor to decide, the emperor often does not have much time and energy to understand these officials. In the eyes of the emperor, this list is just some names, and there is no specific impression.

Except for a few officials who have an impression on the emperor, most of them have no impression.

This is also the reason why those officials have liked to show their faces in front of the emperor since ancient times, and it is also the reason why Beijing officials can be reused.

Because he shows his face in front of the emperor every day, the emperor will naturally be familiar with it and remember it. If he has talent, he can easily be reused.

Therefore, in order to increase the sense of presence, officials in many places always write memorials to the emperor, saying hello today and hello tomorrow, saying that they will pay tribute to local specialties the day after tomorrow, and reporting what happened in the place under their jurisdiction the day after tomorrow. Category.

In short, it is necessary to gain a sense of presence, let the emperor remember your name, remember your people, and maybe you will have a chance to ascend in the future.

The reason why He Shen was able to get up in history was not because he showed his talent in front of the emperor, which made the emperor feel that this person was talented, and then gave him the opportunity to perform.

He Shen is a really talented person, and the key is to be able to do things, so he has been on the rise since then, and he is an extremely talented minister.

There are countless things like this. Officials in ancient times sent memorabilia to the emperor every day, which is also full of wisdom and purpose.

It doesn't matter how uneasy the emperor is, the important thing is to let the emperor remember you.

Han Wen looked at a few people, and kept silent in his heart. Since you want to do this, then let you do it. Be this time, I am afraid that the emperor will not be so easy to fool.

This time, the performance of the officials of the Practical Sect was very good and eye-catching, but few of them were promoted, and the emperor would definitely ask about it.

Thinking of this, Han Wen stopped speaking, and retreated to advance, waiting to have a good talk in front of the emperor.

At this time, Xiao Huangmen happened to come to invite everyone to discuss matters in Shangshufang.

In the study room, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the ministers in front of him. Liu Jin and Wang Shouren were not there, which made Emperor Hongzhi feel a little powerless. With the two of them, most things could be handled beautifully, and he rarely worried when.

Everyone first discussed the current gradual restoration of social order, and asked to mobilize grain from production to various places, continue to stabilize food supply, and supplement grain reserves in granaries.

The next step is to discuss the arrangement of vacancies in various places.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of promotions and transfers drawn up by the minister. Please have a look at it."

Jiang Mian delivered the prepared list.

Emperor Hongzhi picked up the list and looked it over carefully, but he didn't find a few familiar names, such as Tong Rui and Fang Yongliang, who were not on the promotion list this time, and the promotions were all people he had never heard of Name of the official.

Also, the person who succeeded Mao Ji was Yang Lian, the former left servant of the Ministry of Rites. This made Emperor Hongzhi very dissatisfied. Mao Ji was in charge of the Ministry of Rites and was responsible for the two provinces of Shandong and South Zhili. Other officials of the Ministry of Rites also divided their responsibilities accordingly. Yes, Yang Lian should not be promoted no matter what, it would be nice if he could not be demoted, after all Mao Ji lost his head.

"Why are there no names of Tong Rui and Fang Yongliang in this regard?"

"There is also Yang Lian, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. I haven't inquired about the crime yet, but he still wants to be promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites?"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and asked.

"Your Majesty, when Tong Rui was in charge of Henan, the plague first appeared in Henan. I thought he was responsible, but he performed well afterwards and was able to make up for his mistakes, so he will not be transferred."

"Although Fang Yongliang performed well during the epidemic this time, Shaanxi quickly brought the epidemic under control, but the minister received news that Fang Yongliang's prevention and control was too strict and unhuman, and he often used cruel officials and was too harsh on the people."

Jiang Mian also quickly replied.

"As for Yang Lian, his qualifications are enough for promotion."

In fact, for this kind of thing, you can just find an excuse. The good can be said to be bad, and the bad can be said to be good. It depends on whether the emperor will listen and can identify it.

"Really!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled irrefutably.

Then he said: "Let's put this matter aside for now, I will think about it carefully."

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Jiang Mian, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu and other conservative officials suddenly felt a little bit in their hearts. The emperor actually said that he should think about it carefully, and there is a big meaning in it.

This is because I am very dissatisfied with this list. When I make it later, the factory guards will check it out carefully, and I will definitely be able to know the problems in it by then.

This time, the old school is afraid that it will be really difficult. Not only will it suffer heavy losses, it may lose many important positions, and it is even more likely that they will be implicated in the old school.

You must know that many of the people on this list are their former disciples, and they all have various relationships.

"Your Majesty!"

When Han Wen, Zhong Fan, Li Kun and others heard this, they immediately laughed in their hearts, and quickly said in unison that there must be a good show now.

This time, it must be a good blow to the power of the old school.

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