The next day,
Chui Gong Hall.
"When you ascend to the court, all the princes have the right to ask for memorials, but if you don't have the right to retreat from the court!"
Accompanied by Wang Huaien's singing, today's court meeting officially began.
Before the officials with daily affairs could come forward to report today, Deng Siguang and his entourage could no longer hold it in any longer. They heard a slight cough and everyone followed the sound and saw that it was actually the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel who made the sound. Many people were about to leave. The official who came out immediately stopped and returned to his original position.
Seeing this, Deng Siguang smiled with satisfaction. He just liked this feeling of being superior to others. Although the Minister of Rites was not the highest official in the court, in the entire Song Dynasty, he was also a senior official of the third rank, and had surpassed Nearly 90% of the people in the world, not to mention that he is still the Zuo Shilang. It is even possible to spy on the position of the Minister. He had spent a lot of money after the former Zuo Shilang Zheng Jin was liquidated after the death of the fifth prince. It took a price to get into this position.
Therefore, he will never allow anyone to threaten his current position!
No one can! ! !
Thinking of this, Deng Siguang fixed his gaze and strengthened his thoughts. He immediately took a step forward, held the ban board in his hand and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, I have a script to start with!"
Zhao Jun, who was sitting in his seat, looked down after hearing this, and then nodded slightly.
Wang Huaien immediately understood and said loudly:
"Accurate!"
Deng Siguang took a deep breath and stepped forward amidst the ardent hopes of the officials who had reached a united front yesterday!
"Your Majesty, since the invasion of the barbarians and your Majesty's accession to the throne, and the massive reselling of grain warehouses for disaster relief, the number of officials in the court has been reduced repeatedly. As of today, the number of officials in the various ministries in the court is less than 60%. In addition to the current disaster in the north, the number of officials in the court has been reduced. By the end of the year, the number of affairs in the DPRK and Central Government has increased day by day, and the number of officials in various ministries in the court is no longer enough to complete the government affairs that each ministry needs to complete.
As an official of the Ministry of Personnel, I shoulder the important responsibility of selecting talents for the country. Therefore, today I ask Your Majesty to agree that the Ministry of Personnel will immediately select talents to fill the vacancies in various ministries, in order to restore the normal operation of each ministry as soon as possible and ensure that the government affairs of the court can be completed smoothly! "
As soon as Deng Siguang finished speaking, other officials who had been prepared immediately followed him.
"Your Majesty! There are vacancies in officials, and government affairs in various ministries are piling up. It is urgent to fill the vacancies in various ministries, and there must be no delay!"
"Your Majesty! Due to the vacancies of important officials in various ministries, many government affairs cannot be handled, and a lot of things have been delayed!"
"Your Majesty! The matter of official vacancies cannot be delayed any longer. Please allow your Majesty to agree to appoint talents to fill the vacancies as soon as possible!"
"His Majesty."
Suddenly, after Deng Siguang started, the court seemed to have reached a unified consensus, and officials kept jumping out to ask for reports, as if the matter had indeed become something that had to be resolved.
However, the fact is that the number of officials who jumped out is not even half of the court, accounting for less than a quarter. Although most officials also feel that there are too many official positions, which affects government affairs, in fact, because During this period, the imperial court basically had no control over the south, and the north was under unified infrastructure construction, so the workload was reduced a lot, and it was not to the point where it would affect the operation of the court without adding more officials.
Moreover, everyone knew very well why His Majesty left those official positions vacant, and they all tacitly agreed not to mention it. Therefore, when Deng Siguang and others made trouble, most of the officials just watched on the sidelines and did not get involved. .
Zhao Jun sat on the dragon chair and looked down, naturally seeing the real situation clearly. He had already guessed what Deng Siguang and the others were doing. After all, after he ascended the throne, he immediately asked the secret guards to confront him. These officials in the court have experienced the bottom and know what kind of people come forward to ask him to replace the officials.
However, when faced with such a situation, he did not speak out immediately. Instead, he looked meaningfully at Zhang He, who was standing at the head of the civil service queue, squinting his eyes as if he was asleep.
As if feeling someone's gaze, Zhang He's narrowed eyes suddenly opened and he looked in the direction of the gaze. When he discovered that the source of the gaze was actually the emperor on the imperial steps, he heard the voices of Deng Siguang and others in his ears. Voice L immediately took half a step back and shook his head slightly, indicating that the matter had nothing to do with him.
Zhao Jun looked away in disappointment. It was a pity that Zhang He was not involved in this matter.
After restraining his disappointment, Zhao Jun looked back at the noisy clowns below.
That's right, in Zhao Jun's eyes, they are just clowns. He has no ability. He is afraid that newcomers will compete with them for positions, so he wants to use his own people to occupy the positions in advance to prevent newcomers they cannot control from entering the court and competing with them for positions. This What's the difference between a racer and a clown?
Still that disgusting clown!
If such clowns were allowed to fill the court, wouldn't the official position in the court become something they would pass down from generation to generation?
Then the Song Dynasty was really over.
During this period of time, he had eliminated enough officials, and he didn't want to start another big war in a short period of time, so he let them go and let them stay.
Now that you are asked to serve as officials honestly and you refuse to do so, and you refuse to drink wine as a fine, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!
Just when Deng Guangsi and the others were getting more and more noisy and excited, Zhao Jun finally spoke up.
"snort!"
With a cold snort, Wang Huaien immediately understood, and a loud shout suddenly sounded.
"quiet!"
As soon as these words came out, the court hall that was just like a busy city suddenly fell silent, and those officials who kept talking just now were like ducks being strangled by the neck, and the words they were about to say were stuck in their throats. Here, looking extremely uncomfortable.
Zhao Jun sneered in his heart, but there was no expression on his face:
"I already know what your ministers have requested. Since this is the case, I can no longer delay it. Let's make a decision today.
During the siege of the city by the Huns, many officials in the court colluded with the Huns, and in addition to the case of reselling relief grain, I have deeply felt that the moral character and ability of the officials in the court are uneven, so I have been thinking about how to solve this problem. There have been no officials to fill the vacancies, because they are worried that rushing to fill the vacancies will allow unscrupulous and incompetent people to occupy high positions.
During this period of time, I have been thinking about how to avoid this kind of thing from happening. After many days of hard thinking, I have finally achieved some results, but it is not perfect yet, so I have not said anything about it.
But today, since your ministers have said that the shortage of personnel has become so serious, you can't care much about it. Some shortcomings can only be gradually made up in the future.
I then agreed to your request and allowed the Ministry of Personnel to select talents to fill official vacancies to supplement the manpower of various ministries and restore the operation of various ministries as soon as possible! "
As soon as Zhao Jun said these words, Deng Guangsi and others below immediately showed joy on their faces.
The other officials also had a look of astonishment on their faces.
Why did Your Majesty agree to these people filling the vacancies of officials?
How will His Majesty arrange his own people?
Just as the officials below were in two minds, they were either happy or confused.
Zhao Jun's next words caused both parties to change their expressions at the same time.
It even made the latter look extremely resentful towards the former!
Zhao Jun, who was above, said slowly with a slight smile on his lips: "Although the official department can recruit people to fill the vacancies, in order to prevent the existence of people who are not worthy of their posts, from today on, all those who are about to fill the actual vacancies of officials in the DPRK and Central Government will be replaced. Only those who have passed the examination on the government affairs of the ministry and have a detailed understanding of the government affairs of the ministry and are confirmed to have the talents of the ministry can take up the post.
The government affairs examination questions for each ministry are selected every year after consultation with the prime minister.
In addition, in order to prevent those who fish in troubled waters from seizing the court, officials from various ministries will be assessed at regular intervals from now on, and their promotion, demotion, and dismissal will be determined based on their assessment results.
I call this method the test method. The specific details will be announced to the world in a few days after I discuss it with the prime minister and the six ministers.
Dear friends, you can start to prepare. "
After saying what he wanted to say, and ignoring the officials with different expressions below, Zhao Jun immediately stood up and left.
Wang Huaien immediately sang a ceremony to announce the departure of the court.
Long after Zhao Jun left, the court remained eerily quiet for quite some time.
(End of chapter)
