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

"Last year, I discussed some things with Prince Consort Ouyang, Lord Li, Lord Song, and Lord Lu, and made some improvements to the appointment and promotion of court officials in the future."

Zhu Biao said slowly: "My dear ministers, you should have seen that there are fewer people in the Taiji Hall now."

"They were not laid off by me, but were arranged to internship positions according to the new appointment system!"

"I believe that you, my dear ministers, have also known about this matter during this period of time."

Zhu Biao attached great importance to this matter. The reason was that the appointment of officials was a follow-up to his rectification of the court administration, which had achieved very good results at the beginning. With a wave of rectification before the New Year, the appearance of court officials could be said to be completely renewed!
From the central court to the local government offices, officials were severely shocked, and those who were punished became the "chickens" to be killed to scare the monkeys.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that there were only so many officials and he could not keep up the rectification, so the appointment and promotion of officials was extremely crucial!

Only if this is done well can Zhu Biao's administrative rectification be considered a real success.

When Li Shanchang heard Zhu Biao's words, an extremely serious expression appeared on his face.

For Zhu Biao, this was a major policy achievement, but for Li Shanchang and the Huaixi Party, this was a difficult battle.

Last time, because Ouyang Lun intervened, he came up with this policy of official promotion and appointment, which directly changed the list he had drawn up from a list of officials for promotion to a list of officials for demotion and internship. Fortunately, Zhu Biao was fair this time.

More than twenty people from the Huaixi Party were selected to go for internship, while nearly fifty people were directly selected from the Prince Consort Party!

Now in the court, his Huaixi Party still holds the absolute upper hand, which makes Li Shanchang feel much better.

Of course, Li Shanchang is also very clear that the outcome has not yet been decided. The real outcome lies in the result of this internship. It depends on the final internship results. Those officials can be promoted, those officials can only stay where they are, and those officials will be optimized!
While Li Shanchang was thinking, Zhu Biao continued, "I announce once again that from now on, all officials of our Ming Dynasty, Jinshi candidates who passed the imperial examinations, and other officials will need to do internships before being appointed or promoted. The internship period will be more than three months. During the internship period, the Ministry of Personnel will conduct assessments and evaluations, and finally determine whether to appoint them according to the evaluation results!"

"In addition to internship, there is also employment. After passing the internship, there is also a probation period of more than one month. After passing the probation period, only qualified candidates can be officially appointed!"

"The performance evaluation of officials will continue in the future. It will not only be done once a year, but every month! If they fail once, they will be reminded. If they fail twice, they will be warned and their promotion qualification will be revoked. If they fail three times, they will be demoted directly!"

"If you are still not qualified, I'm sorry, the Ming Dynasty does not need officials like you!"

"I will read all your performance evaluations. If you do well, I will also reward you. If you do well once, you will be publicly praised. If you do well twice, you will be promoted first. If you do well three times or do well every year, you will be directly included in the promotion list!"

Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the Taiji Hall were stunned!
Internship period, probation period and performance appraisal form. All of them are connected together!

This is obviously intended to place stricter demands on their officials.

This makes officials very uncomfortable. The previous promotion like a rocket as long as one has someone in the court with backing no longer exists. They have to go through each level one by one, and they have to do internships and probation. There is also a great possibility that incompetent people will be exposed!
After failing to perform well twice in a row, he lost the qualification for promotion that year.

For those who are capable and can achieve political achievements, the opportunities are even greater. As long as they have achieved political achievements and received two excellent grades, they will be eligible for promotion. Although they still need to intern and be employed, the promotion is completely step-by-step. If they can really be promoted in this way, then there will naturally be no problem with their abilities.

It can be said that the officials had a love-hate relationship with what Zhu Biao announced.

I wanted to retort, but I simply didn't have the courage.

If they dared to unite and oppose, the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang would probably kill them in the next second. Zhu Yuanzhang had done this before.

It is a bit uncomfortable, but it is not unacceptable. After all, everyone is treated equally.

It's not impossible to kick out some good-for-nothings and incompetent people. The worst that can happen is that they just roll over.

While other officials were still consoling themselves, Li Shanchang took the lead and stood up, bowing to Zhu Biao and saying, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"I feel that your majesty's rectification of the civil service has achieved brilliant results. First, you pulled out the pests hidden among the civil and military officials of our Ming Dynasty, and now you have established rules to make officials down-to-earth and contribute to the Ming Dynasty step by step!"

"It is conceivable that in the future, our Ming Dynasty will be full of talented people, and there will be a gradient of talent!"

Ok? !

Hearing Li Shanchang's words, all the other civil and military officials widened their eyes.

There was a big question mark in his eyes.

What the hell?

I didn't hear it wrong just now!
Li Shanchang was the first to stand up and support?

It wasn't the first wave of layoffs that resulted in the most layoffs from your Huaixi Party. And from the central court to the local officials, your Huaixi Party was the one that engaged in clique-building and selfishness the most.

As a result, you are now supporting it with great fanfare.

Old Prime Minister, you are not senile, are you?

Although the new official appointment regulations were just announced by His Majesty the Emperor, have you forgotten that it was Prince Consort Ouyang Lun who first proposed it? ?
Who is Ouyang Lun?
That is your, Li Shanchang’s biggest political enemy at the moment!
It would be fine if you didn't oppose this new official appointment system, but now you want to support it? If you weren't the leader of the Huaixi Party, we would all suspect that you had betrayed and joined Ouyang Lun.

But then again.

Emperor Zhu Biao promulgated it personally, and in front of all the civil and military officials. This matter has basically become a foregone conclusion. If you oppose it at this time, wouldn't that be slapping the emperor in the face?

Who dares?

Since you don't dare, you might as well just support it.

Now that even Li Shanchang has chosen to support it, other officials will have even less courage to oppose it.

"Your Majesty is wise, and we admire you!"

"Your Majesty's move will surely set a precedent for all time! People in the future will surely scramble to emulate it!"

"In this way, the administration of the Ming Dynasty will be clean and honest, and the Ming Dynasty will have no worries about not being able to develop!"

The officials who originally had sad faces suddenly changed their expressions and began to smile and praise.

Although their smiles seemed a little fake, these officials were all actors of movie star level. The entire Taiji Hall was a large-scale stage play, and they quickly created a situation where the monarch and his subjects were of one mind.

Seeing that the matter was finally settled, Zhu Biao was also extremely happy. "Haha, to have the support of all the ministers, my Ming Dynasty has hope!"

"I have asked Prince Consort Ouyang to keep an eye on this matter. In addition, the Ministry of Personnel must carry out the implementation seriously and must not take any chances!"

"This is about the appointment of officials in the Ming Dynasty. If anyone has any ulterior motives and is discovered by me, I will never forgive them."

Zhu Biao was also clear that even though all the civil and military officials had nodded in agreement, there would certainly be many problems when it came time to implement it. However, since Zhu Biao dared to announce it in full, he had already thought of many ways to deal with it. Besides, he had his brother-in-law Ouyang Lun to help him in this matter. Zhu Biao was quite confident that he could do all this well!
However, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there was more than one thing to deal with.

cough cough.

Zhu Biao coughed twice, and all the civil and military officials in the Taiji Hall immediately quieted down. Everyone knew that the emperor was going to continue speaking.

"My dear ministers, the situation in the Ming Dynasty was good last year, especially in the foreign countries. The gifts of congratulations from various places to the court were very generous. Not only did I receive gifts from the vassal kings, I am sure many officials in the court also received them, right?"

When many officials heard Zhu Biao's words, they were shocked.

Receiving gifts has always been a gray area in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. As early as when Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor, this had been happening. Subordinates and superiors, and peers, gave and received gifts during the New Year and other festivals. As long as it was not too excessive, even the Jinyiwei would not investigate.

Zhu Yuanzhang never held any officials accountable for this matter.

Now that Zhu Biao has become the emperor, he suddenly brings up this matter, especially the gifts from the princes. The key point is that they actually accepted the gifts from the princes. If the emperor blames them, I'm afraid many people will lose their official hats!

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Therefore, after Zhu Biao said this, the Taiji Hall, which had already been quiet, became even quieter.

It can even be described as silent.

Zhu Biao was stunned at first, but then he reacted and took the initiative to explain, "My dear ministers, please don't misunderstand me. I am not trying to punish you for accepting gifts. It is common for people in the Ming Dynasty to accept and give gifts during festivals. As long as you abide by the rules and don't go too far, it's not a big deal."

"The reason I mentioned this is mainly because I want to discuss it with you. Ever since the Ming Dynasty tried out a new method of managing vassal kings, everyone has seen the results, which can be said to be quite good. Judging from the fiefs, the vassal kings in various places have developed very well this year, and many of them have even surpassed the development of the territories directly under the Ming Dynasty."

"Now the tributes from the vassal kings are also very generous, and our Ming Dynasty should also return a gift, so that it can be called a courtesy!"

"I have been thinking about this for a long time these past few days, but I still haven't figured out what to send back. Today, all of you are here, so let's brainstorm and come up with a plan. Are you willing to share my worries?"

As Zhu Biao finished speaking, all the civil and military officials couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It turns out they were discussing gift-giving!

It really scared us.

I almost thought that Emperor Zhu Biao was going to carry out another purge of officials.

so far so good.

Among the civil and military officials, Song Lian was the first to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, courtesy is reciprocity. It is their duty to offer gifts to foreign countries. Normally, we only need to issue an imperial decree to praise them!"

"However, these princes are all your majesty's brothers and sisters. They have taken the initiative to increase the amount of gifts they offer. It is only right that our Central Chaoyang returns a gift."

"Of course, this return gift has a main purpose. It must not be too grand, otherwise it will lose the dignity of the Ming Dynasty's central court!"

As soon as Song Lian finished speaking, Lu Chang also stood up and said, "That's right, Your Majesty. If the return gift is too grand, once this precedent is set, it will be difficult to deal with in the future."

Song Lian and Lu Chang spoke up, and other officials also spoke up one by one. Some officials agreed, while others opposed. However, the mainstream idea was to return the gift, but the gift should not be too grand, just a token of appreciation would be enough.

Some officials even questioned the feudal lord management system.

"Your Majesty, I think our court is being too kind to the princes, giving them the dominant power to govern their fiefs, giving them proportional dividends, and even allowing them to control the army. This is very detrimental to the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty!"

"The more the vassal kings participate in the management of their fiefdoms, the higher their prestige among the people will be. This will be detrimental to the rule of the central court!"

"The current situation looks good, and the princes and Your Majesty are brothers, so there won't be this problem. But what if it comes to the next generation? Those princes may have other ideas!"

"That's right, especially allowing the princes to expand their fiefdoms. This is simply opening the door to convenience for the princes. I'm afraid that a hundred years from now, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will be like the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, existing in name only!"

"Your Majesty, please re-constrain and limit the power of the vassal kings. The court needs to take back the dominance of each fiefdom!"

The original intention was to discuss how to return the gifts to the feudal lords, but it ended up being a heated discussion about the feudal lords' power.

Zhu Biao listened very carefully to the discussion of the civil and military officials. In fact, Zhu Biao himself was also thinking about this issue.

If it weren't for that showdown with Ouyang Lun in Taile Palace, Zhu Biao might have been shaken after hearing so much opposition from civil and military officials today. However, after listening to Ouyang Lun's analysis, Zhu Biao's heart was already extremely firm.

No matter how much the civil and military officials said, it did not affect Zhu Biao's inner decision in the slightest.

"All right!"

Zhu Biao stretched out his hand, signaling the civil and military officials to stop talking.

Now Zhu Biao's imperial majesty had been established, and the Taiji Hall became quiet with a wave of his hand.

"I have listened carefully to what you said, my dear ministers."

"I fully approve of the feudal lord management system. It is precisely because of the feudal lord management system that our Ming Dynasty has achieved such remarkable results. As for the suggestions you put forward, I have decided to reject them all!"

Zhu Biao's words were full of confidence!
All the civil and military officials stared wide-eyed, but no one jumped out to object.

Zhu Biao continued to explain: "This new feudal system was set by my father when he was still in power. If it is changed, wouldn't it mean that I am overthrowing my father's policy? Are you trying to make me unfilial?"

Forehead.
To all the civil and military officials, these words were like a mountain pressing down on them, almost making them unable to breathe!

Oppose the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang?

I dare not lend them a few more loads! (End of this chapter)