Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 628: Ocean of Information
Ganquanzhongxiang, the shogunate’s seat.

In the West Hall, Sima Zhi was speechless as he held the official document.

Fa Zheng resigned due to injury... This kind of thing can only fool the new officials.

Sima Zhi knew very well that no matter whether Fa Zheng's leg was broken or he had grown an extra leg, Fa Zheng would have no chance of taking part in the imperial examination in the spring.

It is not difficult to choose a suitable person to replace Fa Zheng; but if someone outside the secretariat is chosen to replace Fa Zheng, it will offend everyone in the secretariat, which is a bit difficult for him personally.

The Secretariat expanded too rapidly, like the Shangshu Tai during the reign of Emperor Wu.

Initially, the Shangshu was only an advisor and consultant to Emperor Wu, but after the rapid growth of court agencies such as the Shangshu Tai, they assisted Emperor Wu in handling official affairs.

The power to handle public affairs lies with the Prime Minister's Office, but Emperor Wu can inquire about the progress of matters, and the Prime Minister's Office must respond.

The prime minister's energy is limited, and he is overwhelmed by the massive amount of information.

After a long time, the Secretariat bypassed the prime minister himself and started to coordinate its work with the various departments of the prime minister's office. Later, it bypassed the various departments and coordinated with the counties and kingdoms.

There is also such a trend now. The work has been assigned in detail within the secretariat, and there are dedicated people to connect with various departments. Although there is no superior-subordinate management relationship at present, what will happen over time?

Sima Zhi didn't care about the rise and fall of the Caos. He had helped Pei Qian with the problems last year and was mentally prepared to be sent out.

Rather than managing Xicao, he also wanted to do some practical work at the local level.

Whether he was in Shangluo or as the commander of Jingzhao, he could only get started on many things and was promoted and transferred before he could implement them in depth.

And Liu Ye is definitely a smart man. He had the opportunity to be promoted from Tianshui, but Liu Ye refused.

The purpose is to carry out the land inspection work in Tianshui to the end, and only Liu Ye can accomplish this without any harm.

Although he offended a small number of stubborn Tianshui heroes, he was able to gain the favor of the majority of Guanlong scholars.

If someone else were to carry out the land inspection, Tianshui's resistance would be even more intense. In order to force the inspection, the new county magistrate would inevitably escalate the incident.

In the end, the shogunate slapped them in the face and everyone was in trouble.

It's because public security is good now, otherwise some Tianshui tyrants would want to kill those idiots themselves.

In any case, Liu Ye completed the Tianshui land inspection work with great difficulty, and provided an example and precedent for other counties to carry out land inspection work in the future.

Liu Ye had made extraordinary achievements since Emperor Guangwu, and the Guanlong scholars also avoided this crucial blow.

There are so many things that can be done locally, including land inspection, water control, agricultural development, and even tree planting.

Only by benefiting others can you go higher.

Whether it is inheriting the Han Dynasty or establishing a new dynasty, a brand new court will emerge in the future.

For Sima Zhi personally, it would be really difficult to sustain if he rose too quickly and always stayed in the center and occupied a high position.

For example, now, the information he obtains from the outside world begins to be distorted.

The people around him didn't intentionally lie to him, but they only dared to say nice things; over time, he could only listen to nice things.

Even his good friend Pei Qian would resort to trickery in his letters and avoid the important issues.

At this moment, Sima Zhi took out his work manual, flipped through the catalog, and searched carefully for the right candidate.

Soon a familiar name made him stop, Fan Qin.

Unfortunately, he was a native of Yingchuan. In the past, he lived in seclusion in southern Jing with Zhao Yan and Du Xi from the same county and lived together.

Unlike Zhao Yan and Du Xi, two of the four famous scholars of Yingchuan who lived a low-key life, Fan Qin was highly regarded by Liu Biao, who almost broke off his relations with Zhao Yan and Du Xi for this reason.

In the early years of Jian'an, Cao Cao welcomed the emperor in Xudu, Zhao Yan and Du Xi packed their bags and headed north, while Fan Qin remained in Jingzhou and served as an attendant and friend of Liu Qi.

After Fu Xun and others expelled Liu Qi, Fan Qin was one of the officials who came to Guanzhong to lobby and seek justice for Liu Qi, and he stayed in Chang'an University afterwards.

Recommending Fan Qin, even if it was just to make him a backup candidate, would anger Fu Gan of Dong Cao.

If Fu Gan had not been blocking him, Sima Zhi would have pulled Fan Qin into the shogunate long ago, and at the very least he would have been qualified to be a clerk with a rank of 100 stones.

With the first candidate, Sima Zhi soon had a second candidate, Shisun Meng.

Just by looking at the name, you can tell that it is a big family in Guanzhong. The reason for recommending Shisun Meng is also simple. This person is competent for the work of the secretariat.

The third candidate is Liang Hu from Anding, who was famous for his calligraphy in Luodu during the reign of Emperor Ling. Although he is a bit old, the work of the secretarial desk is not difficult. Sima Zhi is very clear about the working methods of the secretarial desk. The real core is the Grand Sima himself. These secretaries are arrogant when they work with the various Caos, but in essence they are just mouthpieces and errand runners.

Even if you are just running errands, you can accumulate valuable administrative knowledge and experience.

Feeling that three people were not safe enough, he wrote down a fourth backup person, Zhao Jian from Guanzhong.

Born into a prominent family, the only outstanding thing he did was to collect Wang Yun's body despite the pressure from Li Jue and Guo Si.

If there is something dangerous that needs someone to take responsibility, Zhao Jian is a good candidate.

The so-called performance appraisal seems to be led by the secretariat, but in fact these people are just implementing the personnel transfers that have been planned long ago.

Even though the relatives of officials who were stripped of their posts, imprisoned, or executed knew how the secretariat worked, they only dared to bear grudges and take revenge on the secretary-general who managed the secretariat.

The next morning, Sima Zhi's list was placed in front of Black Bear.

"He is an old friend who lives in Jingzhou. It seems that he still trusts old friends."

Black Bear sighed and wrote down two words: "Raise again."

Zhen Mi took away the documents he had annotated, sorted them and put them on a plate, and replied casually: "Sima Zihua would rather recommend a mediocre person who knows the background than leave hidden dangers."

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"He didn't think too much about it. He knew what the secretary's desk was going to do."

Black Bear turned his head to look at Zhen Mi: "I want him to push a person from Guandong. You can tell the female official about this matter later. I want to try whether this word can reach Sima Zhi."

Zhen Mi blinked her eyes, and immediately became clearer: "My dear, what's this?"

"Let's play a game."

After saying this, Black Bear continued to examine other official documents. He would get tired after doing anything.

Especially things that are repetitive and highly homogenized.

However, handling official documents is different. One must always keep track of changes in all kinds of information under one’s jurisdiction and be able to intervene and intervene at any time.

This gave him a sense of being highly connected with the growth of national power, incarnating into a myriad of...senses of comfort.

The world and information observed by his body and vision were no longer enough to satisfy him.

Abundant energy and thoughts need to be released, and now the biggest obstacle limiting his efficiency in handling official documents is his writing speed.

However, there are already improved and tricky ways, but they are not practical at present.

This desire to process information and a lifestyle of killing time with official documents made Black Bear begin to doubt whether he was the reincarnation of the "central processing unit".

The more he enjoys his current life, the less enthusiastic he will be about expanding his territory.

The most uncomfortable thing about handling official documents is the "time difference". The 38 mausoleum counties in Guanzhong are basically at the top of the list for official document exchanges, and it takes two days to go back and forth.

Next is the outer periphery, which requires four days; the outermost periphery requires ten days to go back and forth, which just meets his requirement of submitting memorials three times a month.

The official documents sent to him every day are classified according to region and nature, and he handles them one by one.

Soon, it was the next day.

Hei Xiong got up first and looked through the official documents sent by Sima Zhi. These were delivered before dark yesterday and were all transferred by him to the morning room for processing.

Before the mail is dispatched en masse, the secretary desk only needs to copy it into the file and seal the original document, which does not take much time and will not delay the mail.

No matter who Sima Zhi recommended this time, Hei Xiong still had two words in mind: recommend again.

He then began to deal with other official documents. Zhen Mi was not there, and there were no other female officials.

He summoned Lu Bu, and basically while he was reading official documents, Lu Bu would pick up a pen and write on a note.

When he finished reading the document, Lu Bu had finished writing it, in the same cursive calligraphy as his own.

The note is attached to the original document... done.

After just a try, Black Bear dismissed Lu Bu. This "ticket" system is very advanced, but it is better not to show it. It would not be good if children learn it.

It also cannot be seen by other officials. The female officials don't care, but the secretaries see it. Why can Tai Shi Wengong do it but they can't?

(End of this chapter)