Xuande

Chapter 289 Fair, Just, Open
For the evaluation of the performance of officials and officials, there are mainly two aspects.

One is the ministers of the counties and the ministers of each county, and the other is the selection of talents led by Guoyuan.

Based on the evaluation of these two aspects, the achievements of local officials are scored, and then the selection is carried out.

The selection was presided over by Liu Bei himself, and the officials and officials were judged separately, and the ten best and the ten worst among the officials and officials were included in the mandatory list.

That is to say, the top ten people and the worst ten people must be rewarded and punished immediately, and the others must also be included in the watch list.

The top ten people will be given material rewards, and if there are better vacancies, they will be promoted first after the term of office expires.

The ten worst people will be punished, the lightest is demoted, and the most serious will be dismissed directly, or even questioned, and may face imprisonment.

This system is what Liu Bei wants to stick to for a long time. He needs to tell the bureaucrats with a clear attitude that he is serious.

Your decadent life of feudalism is gone forever, give me a good experience of the last elimination of the evil capitalism!

Eat my fortune!
Speaking of which, when this system was just promulgated, some officials in Liangzhou dismissed it, thinking that it was just a gesture put forward by Liu Bei, which looked good, but it was actually meaningless.

Loud thunder, little rain, a little bit of coping, it will pass.

But this is not the case.

Liu Bei is coming for real.

The ten worst officials judged this time are all county-level officials. There are county magistrates, county magistrates, county lieutenants, etc. Some of them are lazy, some are corrupt, and some are too incompetent to do things. It was a mess. It was terrible.

The ten worst officials are mainly corrupted personal morals, like to bully the good, and can’t help showing their "power" with a little power in their hands. Every day they don't show their "power", they will feel unhappy every day, as if they are seriously ill. Same.

Because they are relatively close to the general public and often domineering over the general public, the Ministry, Commandery and State Affairs and Talent Selection Division mainly judges whether an official has a good reputation by visiting the people and inquiring about it.

For the worst 20 people, Liu Bei first suspended ten officials, and then submitted a form to the court to go through the process and remove all ten people.

He also recommends reliable and capable people whom he can trust to temporarily act for these positions, and wait for the order of the imperial court to perform the duties directly.

The ten officials themselves were recruited by the officials themselves, so after the new officials took office, they were all dismissed, and then questioned, and none of them were spared.

In addition to the worst 20 people, there are also bad people in the ranks of officials and officials, but because they are not worse than those, they are not included in the top ten, but it cannot be said that they will not be punished.

In response to their faults and abilities, Liu Bei dismissed three county magistrates, seven county magistrates, and five county lieutenants. The court will either demote or dismiss them, and replace them all with those selected by him from the Ministry of General Affairs. Capable people, temporarily act as substitutes.

As for the local officials, there were 37 people with poor reputation and poor ability, who were all dismissed and questioned by Liu Bei, and then ordered the newly appointed subordinates to re-select capable people to occupy those positions.

As for other officials and officials with poor evaluations, they are basically reprimanded, fined, and written repentance letters.

As a result of a wave of elimination decisions, more than 60 officials and officials were demoted or dismissed, and more than 100 people were reprimanded and fined. The punishment is not insignificant.

Whether it is the elimination of the last place or the method of passing the test, in fact, it is essentially to eliminate the useless and replace them with capable ones. For the current situation in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, they are all powerful medicines.

The original elimination mechanism of officials in the Eastern Han Empire has basically become a tool for eradicating dissidents under the intensive cultivation of eunuchs, foreign relatives, and scholars, and has almost lost the effectiveness of selecting talents.

Those who were dismissed were all political opponents, and those who were elected were all his own people. In view of this situation, Liu Bei had to establish another mechanism and re-plan the track.

Speak with results, fair, just, and open.

If you can't do something well, then get out, no matter who you are.

So no one said that Liu Bei was nepotism, but many people praised Liu Bei's justice.

Those who were eliminated were indeed recognized as incompetent by everyone. They made mistakes, and it was only natural to punish them.

And the one who was replaced, although he was someone close to Liu Bei, was recognized as being beyond reproach in terms of ability.

As for the selection of outstanding officials and officials, [-] outstanding officials and officials have also been rewarded and given priority for promotion.

Their names and deeds were notified to the whole Liangzhou, and the [List of Outstanding Officials in the Four Years of Zhongping] was erected in Liangzhou Zhoumu Mansion to record their names and hometowns and make them glorious.

Other officials and officials who did a better job were also praised and materially rewarded by the state government.

Especially material rewards, Liu Bei has always been generous, and never stingy with material rewards. For those who have done well, apart from praise, they just give money.

The officials in the state capital worked overtime with him and got bonuses every month.

Those who make achievements also have bonuses.

Those who are injured or sick due to work will receive injury subsidies and warm care.

For the work of his subordinates, Liu Bei is very caring and strict, but in terms of life, Liu Bei has also formulated a series of welfare policies to pay more attention to their daily life.

Therefore, although Liu Bei has high requirements for the work of officials, severe punishments, harsh reprimands, and always drags everyone to work overtime together and run around the fields, the officials always treat him in awe.

Respect before, fear behind.

The operation and implementation of the new rules for the first time seems to be qualified by Liu Bei. Although there are still many things that can be improved, it is the first time to achieve this point, to encourage and deter all Liangzhou officials, and it has indeed done a good job .

As a result, the officials of the department, county and state and the officials of the selection department received special bonuses from Liu Bei.

No way, Liu Bei does have money and is willing to spend it.

After finishing this matter, he started a round of inspections of the counties in Liangzhou.

First, I went around the five counties guarded by Guan Yu and other five people, and witnessed their work and the construction of collective farms. Then I went to the Qinghai Lake Salt Workshop, and personally watched the construction and production of the salt workshop.

By the way, under the guard of Guan Yu, Liu Bei summoned Naduo, the leader of Shaodangqiang, and had a round of talks with Naduo.

This time, Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to set off with him with a thousand well-armed cavalry, in order to let the Qiang people know that he had abundant martial arts virtues, and put on a higher posture so that Naduo would come to see him.

(End of this chapter)