Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 635 Ouyang Lun’s Conspiracy! (Subscribe please!!)
Although he was extremely anxious, Li Shanchang hid his feelings very cleverly and did not show any sign of anxiety or displeasure.

Even Huang Zicheng and other Huaixi Party officials who wanted to stand up and clearly oppose Zhu Biao's order to drag Ouyang Lun into dividing up the more than a dozen official positions were stopped by Li Shanchang with a look.

At this point, Li Shanchang was already very clear that it was no longer realistic to oppose Ouyang Lun's joining. After all, Emperor Zhu Biao had already issued an edict. If he still strongly opposed it, it would be no different from disobeying the order. What awaited them, the Huaixi Party, would be even greater suppression!
The Huaixi Party has suffered enough losses and cannot afford to suffer any more losses.

Thinking of this, Li Shanchang even took the initiative to say to Ouyang Lun: "Your Majesty is really wise. If Lord Ouyang joins us, I believe that with Lord Ouyang's intelligence and wisdom, he will definitely be able to select more outstanding talents for the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes, Lord Li is right. It is our honor that Lord Ouyang can join us!"

"Lord Ouyang, please give us more advice!"

With Li Shanchang taking the lead, Song Lian and Lu Chang also followed suit.

Their thoughts were similar to Li Shanchang's. Although they had two men, they knew very well that the real showdown in this matter was between Ouyang Lun and Li Shanchang. It had nothing to do with them. If they could get back their lost official positions, it would be great.

Besides, Li Shanchang is the majority leader, and he doesn't choose to fight head-on, so why should they confront him head-on?

"Okay, okay. Since this is the emperor's order, I will naturally do my best."

Ouyang Lun raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile.

"Since all of you have no objection, then this matter is settled. You must submit the list of vacant officials to me as soon as possible. The government affairs of the court cannot be delayed!"

Zhu Biao spoke again.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Shanchang and other officials responded in unison.

"I am rectifying the administration of officials from top to bottom. Now that the court has been rectified, the effect is very good. The next step is to rectify the outside of the court. All those who are just sitting there doing nothing and taking advantage of the situation will be kicked out of the entire Ming Dynasty!"

"The Ministry of Revenue can start this matter now. I also want to see results as soon as possible!"

Zhu Biao continued.

"Yes, Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will make arrangements immediately after I go down!" The Minister of Personnel Song Lian responded quickly.

He accepted it, but Song Lian's face was filled with worry. He knew very well that this matter was not easy to handle!
However, if he, the Minister of Personnel, does not participate in the rectification of civil service, he will be marginalized. And if this matter is successful with the help of His Majesty the Emperor, his political achievements will also be indispensable!
Thinking of this, Song Lian's expression became much better.

After Song Lian left, Zhu Biao looked at the Minister of Works, Shan Anren, and said, "Sir Shan, the Ministry of Works has a lot of responsibilities. The rapid development of the Ming Dynasty in recent years is due to the contributions of your Ministry of Revenue. Now that the New Year is coming soon, how should we arrange the various construction sites by the end of the year? How can we ensure the smooth construction of the construction sites? How can we ensure that the workers can get their money and go home for the New Year!"

"You must be extra careful in this regard. If you encounter something you don't understand or that is difficult to solve, you can come and ask me or ask Prince Consort Ouyang! There must be no problems during the New Year!"

"Yes!"

Shan Anren nodded seriously.

"Well, after talking about the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Works, the remaining ones are the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Rites. The previous incidents of corruption and suppression of dissidents within the army must be curbed. We must never let this happen again!"

"My Ming Dynasty was founded on military power, relying on these skilled soldiers. If anyone wants to attack the army again, I will never let him go!"

"The Ministry of War must do a good job of protecting soldiers and generals, and logistical support must also be provided. If I hear that a soldier is being wronged or bullied again, I will be the first to settle accounts with your Ministry of Revenue."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The Minister of War immediately agreed.

"The Ministry of Justice must also quickly clean up and rectify this year's cases. Criminals who have committed crimes must be dealt with as soon as possible, and those who have not committed crimes must be cleared of all charges. We should try our best to finish these before the New Year so that the people can have a good year." Zhu Biao continued.

"Yes!"

The Minister of Justice also quickly agreed.

"Okay, let's end today's court meeting here. Dismissed."

Zhu Biao also decisively ended the court meeting.

"Farewell to the Emperor! Farewell to His Majesty!"

All civil and military officials saluted.

Zhu Biao supported Zhu Yuanzhang and left first.

After the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the emperor Zhu Biao left, all the civil and military officials left one after another. The officials went in groups of two or three, but each of them had a very ugly face and kept muttering to themselves, saying only unpleasant words.

"Whoever came up with this list of personal achievements of officials is a real bastard!"

"Hush! Keep your voice down! The Ministry of Revenue is now under the jurisdiction of Prince Consort Ouyang. This thing is so novel, it is obviously made by Prince Consort Ouyang. If you scold him, you will be in trouble!"

"What's wrong with me scolding him? How could I be afraid of him?"

"Prince Consort Ouyang is here!"

"Ah! Your humble servant greets Prince Consort Ouyang!!"

Ouyang Lun walked past these officials. These officials who had originally shouted that they were not afraid of Ouyang Lun immediately bowed to him. There was no sign of disrespect at all!

Ouyang Lun didn't care at all about these officials who only dared to grumble behind his back. He just hummed lightly and left.

"You are too timid. Didn't you just shout that you were not afraid of Ouyang Lun?"

"Afraid! Of course I'm not afraid, but now the power is stronger than the people! Ouyang Lun has the support of the emperor and the retired emperor behind him, and he is in a high position. If he really wants to deal with us, it will be like crushing an ant to death! I call this enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens. And you have no right to criticize me. When you were saluting just now, you were much more flattering than me!"

"How can I be flattering? I am clearly sleeping on straw and tasting gall. If I can infiltrate the Prince Consort's party, I will definitely help you to root out this Prince Consort's party!"

"You? The Prince Consort Party doesn't think highly of you. You are an official who almost had to resign. You can't even get into the Prince Consort Party!"

"You are a good thing?!"

"My achievements are better than yours! If I had your achievements, I would not be able to stay in this position any longer and would resign!"

Officials were talking about it and had complaints about the "personal performance list". With the release of the performance list, it would be very difficult for them to slack off. If they want to continue to be officials and hold power, they must have achievements!

If you can't show your achievements, you may not only lose your position as an official, but also lose face! This is very different from the previous situation. In the past, the official hat was quite stable. Even under Zhu Yuanzhang's high-pressure rule, although many officials lost their positions and heads for various reasons, the number was not too large. Most officials were still able to hold their positions steadily. But now Zhu Biao has come up with a personal performance assessment, and the risk of losing the position is no less than corruption and bribery!

In other words, the possibility of them losing their jobs has increased a lot.

It is precisely because of this that the officials who were used to pretending to be good in the past are very dissatisfied with Ouyang Lun. Unfortunately, these officials can only complain, but they have already begun to think about how to achieve political achievements. On the one hand, this is bad news, but it is also an opportunity!
Since it is a competition of political achievements, if you have political achievements you will not be dismissed from office, then if you have a lot of political achievements, does it mean that you can get promoted! ?

If you can get promoted by having political achievements, then you don't have to lower your face to curry favor with others, you just need to do your job well.

When this idea came to the minds of some officials, their perception of Ouyang Lun's "personal performance list" changed. This performance list would indeed make them look bad and put a lot of pressure on them, but at the same time it also gave them a platform to showcase their talents!
Imagine that the emperor is holding a thick stack of performance lists in his hand. Other people's performance lists are terrible, but his own performance list is very impressive. What will the emperor think? How will he arrange it? ! This is self-evident!

"Prince Consort Ouyang is really going too far. He is simply forcing us into a dead end!"

"That's right! Ouyang Lun is obviously trying to cut himself off from the officialdom by doing this!"

"If you ask me, why don't we just ignore this list of achievements? We'll just do what we have to do after we leave. After all, we have some achievements, and no one can do anything to us!"

"That makes sense. We should unite and express our attitude to His Majesty and Ouyang Lun!"

"We are also human beings, we are not the ones that Ouyang can manipulate!"

"Okay! Then let's make it a deal!"

"no problem!"

"Wait, are there any of you who are secretly working hard?"

"How can it be!"

"That's not the case at all!"

Officials said they would not work hard, but they immediately took action after going down to the grassroots. Only a few officials really believed that everyone should jointly resist the issue of performance lists.

Ouyang Lun had long anticipated these officials' actions.

In the face of interests, hatred and dignity are all false. Civil and military officials are not fools. As long as they think about it carefully, they can know the real purpose of this person's performance list. Something that can put one's achievements directly in front of the emperor. For those officials who do not hang around in front of the emperor every day, this thing is simply the best way to climb up!

Being an official requires the help of a mentor and a noble person, but even a mentor or a noble person will not reveal all your abilities and achievements. However, your personal political achievement list cannot be false. As long as you work hard and have more achievements than others, you will have a great chance to stand out!

People will say that it takes ability and time to achieve political achievements. On the other hand, if you want to curry favor with others and please your superiors, does it take time? Does it take money? And you have to be shameless!

For those who are truly capable, getting promoted based on their own political achievements is the most fulfilling thing!
If given a choice between the two, the vast majority of officials would choose to rely on their personal achievements.

This is Ouyang Lun’s conspiracy!

On the surface, because of his "personal political achievement list", civil and military officials will hate him, but it won't be long before many officials will thank him and may even kowtow to him behind his back!

However, Ouyang Lun had no time to take care of these things now, because he was surrounded by a group of officials as soon as he returned to the clan house.

There are those from the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites.

"Master Prime Minister, I am here to report to you on the progress of the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway construction!"

"We at the Ministry of Industry have been strictly following the task requirements you set, but we have encountered several problems, such as technical issues such as road solidification and tunnel construction, and..."

The officials from the Ministry of Industry said a lot.

As soon as the official from the Ministry of Works finished speaking, the official from the Ministry of Revenue spoke again.

"Master Prime Minister, under your wise guidance, the Ministry of Revenue is currently registering taxes in various provinces. Do we still need to send silver to Beijing this year?"

"Also, many local government officials are asking whether they can still apply for projects this year, and whether they can start applying in advance next year!?"

"Hey, why are you pushing me? I haven't finished talking yet!"

Before the official from the Ministry of Revenue could finish his words, he was pulled and pushed away by officials from other government offices.

"Master Prime Minister, the Ministry of War has received feedback from soldiers in the army, saying that many soldiers want to meet you. When you have time, please take some time to go to the barracks and talk to the soldiers!"

"Also, our Ministry of War is negotiating with several military industrial enterprises in Northern Zhili about the purchase of weapons. The negotiations were almost done, but suddenly they asked us to raise the price. How could this be possible? Although we haven't signed a contract, this is all agreed upon! You have to give us some justice. The Ministry of War has a limited budget!"

"You from the Ministry of War, have you finished speaking? It's my turn from the Ministry of Rites!!"

"Master Prime Minister, please ask the Ministry of Revenue to allocate some money to our Ministry of Rites! It is our Ministry of Rites that is promoting the nine-year compulsory education. Teacher training costs money. The civil servant recruitment is also in charge of our Ministry of Rites. Setting up the examination room also costs money. We also have to provide subsidies to many candidates. The celebration banquet for the last victory in the conquest of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was also organized by our Ministry of Rites. It's the end of the year, and the Ministry of Rites really can't come up with any money!"

After listening to what these people reported, Ouyang Lun's head was about to explode!

"enough!"

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

Ouyang Lun roared, and the scene immediately became quiet.

Ouyang Lun was also quite depressed. A bunch of things came up at the end of the year. This year was more troublesome than last year!

"All of your matters are trivial. Go find your respective Shangshu. I know they asked you to come to me. Go back and tell them that I have everything they want. If you want it, just come and get it yourself!"

"It's no use sending your men to talk to me here!"

"Okay, you can get out!"

After hearing what Ouyang Lun said, all the officials at the scene did not dare to stay and left quickly.

Only officials from the Ministry of Revenue were left.

"What else do you have to say?"

"My Lord Prime Minister, you are my minister, and you asked me to find my own minister." The official from the Ministry of Revenue said cautiously.

"Go, go find Guo Zi!!"

(End of this chapter)