The first day of the first lunar month.
The edict to change the Yuan Dynasty came as scheduled, and the third year of Tiansheng was changed to the first year of Zhihe.
At the Zhengdian meeting, all the officials paid their respects and shouted long live. Everything seemed to be going smoothly and for the better.
But this is just a superficial appearance.
Before the end of the year, the new examination method and the new Yinzi method, which were compiled under the leadership of Kou Zhun, were officially reported to the government.
The general framework of the new examination method is still the points proposed by Li Jie. The main branches have not changed, but the details are a little more detailed.
For example, the assessment indicators for officials in Beijing and local officials are different.
The assessment indicators for people-friendly officers and other service officers are also different.
Generally speaking, the new examination method abandons the original grinding method and places more emphasis on the personal achievements of officials.
If political performance is not up to standard, no matter how senior you are, you will not be able to sit back and enjoy the success and be promoted with peace of mind.
In addition, Yinzifa has also made significant changes.
Previously, during the three-year birthday ceremony, all mid- to high-level officials from the fifth rank (provincial governor) to the sixth rank civil servant (minor officer) could listen to the music and make up for it.
Of course, with the exception of important officials in the imperial court, the vast majority of officials obtained official positions as envoys of the third class.
In addition to birthdays and suburban sacrifices, officials with the rank of Yuanwailang or above can also support their descendants as officials after their death. Officials can also support their descendants during celebrations and auspicious occasions.
Although Li Jie once limited the number of yinbu after he succeeded to the throne, there was no customization before.
Now, the Yinbu Law after the Yi Dynasty stipulates that only after three years of great sacrifice can officials request the descendants of Yinbu.
Moreover, yin supplements are also conditional, not only limiting the level, but also strictly limiting the scope.
Only those with a rank of 5 or above as civil servants and above as a 4-rank military officer are eligible to petition, and they can only petition direct descendants.
Nephews and the like cannot enjoy yin tonic.
In addition, if an official commits a personal crime or is evaluated as inferior twice in a row, he does not have the right to petition his descendants.
As soon as such a "harsh" law came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
Being granted the title of wife and son is a special benefit of the bureaucracy. At the same time, it is also a kind of official affirmation, as well as personal and even family glory.
The scholar-bureaucrats in the Manchu Dynasty saw that the new method of supplementing the medicine had so many restrictions. Many people secretly calculated that they could have used the method of supplementation, but now they found that they could not supplement it for their descendants.
How can I endure this?
Make trouble!
Something has to happen!
However, the prestige of the official family was too high and no one dared to touch it. Therefore, all the dissatisfaction of these people was focused on Kou Zhun.
Who makes Kou Zhun the official proposer of the law?
For a time, voices criticizing Kou Zhun's extravagant lifestyle filled the court both inside and outside the court.
Not only that, some people also sent letters to the palace to impeach Kou Zhun for openly forming a party. Anyone outside the Kou Zhun party would be severely suppressed by Kou Zhun.
The letters of impeachment floated continuously into the palace like snowflakes in winter.
It's a pity that all these notes fell into the sea without even a splash.
Li Jie won't tolerate this group of people. Will Kou form a clique?
Not to mention whether this is true or not, even if it is true, he is not afraid.
He holds the barrel of the gun in his hand, so what can he do if he forms a party?
After some time passed, the opposition saw that impeaching Kou Zhun had no effect, and then directed their contradictions against Kou Zhun's adopted son, Kou Sui.
However, upon investigation, this group of people discovered that, good fellow, Kou Sui was a bit too low-key.
Kou Sui basically stayed at home on weekdays and rarely left the house. Moreover, Kou Sui's personal life style had no dark spots.
He neither pursues luxury nor is he lustful, nor does he accept gifts.
Kou Zhun's path was impassable, so the opposition immediately shifted their focus and focused their firepower on Kou Zhun's son-in-law Wang Shu.
Wang Shu can be said to be a man sitting at home, and disaster comes from the sky.
All kinds of dirty water and rumors followed one after another.
Wang Shu is no better than Kou Sui. As a member of the system, he naturally has a lot of social activities.
And officials in the Song Dynasty had another hidden benefit - ministerial money.
Minister's money, to put it in a more modern name, is entertainment expenses. This part of the money is mainly used to cover the daily expenses of the government office and to entertain passing officials.
Among them, there are both grants from the imperial court and funds raised by departments themselves.
The expenditure of ministerial money is very flexible, and the court has no explicit regulations. It can be used for official matters and occasionally for private entertainment.
[In view of the general environment,
Over time, more and more of the minister's money was used for private entertainment, and some officials even put this part of the money into their own pockets.
As a world-famous scholar-bureaucrat, Wang Shu had a wide circle of friends. Even though he was demoted to a local official, he still had an endless stream of friends visiting him.
Although Wang Shu did not abuse the minister's money, it was inevitable to use it occasionally.
For example, if the visitor is both his friend and a civil servant of the court, it is reasonable and reasonable to entertain him with the minister's money.
But no matter how compliant it is, it can't stop people from picking bones from the eggs.
A few days later.
Political Hall.
Seeing those Zhazi splashing dirty water on him, even though Kou Zhun had been prepared, he couldn't help but be troubled by these things.
The shamelessness of those people was far beyond his expectation.
In fact, Kou Zhun was not afraid of being impeached at all. He was already half buried in the ground, so what else was there to be afraid of?
But these people should not involve Mr. Kou or his family.
No harm to the family!
Looking at those malicious and slanderous memorials, Kou Zhun became more and more angry. Then, he stood up angrily and strode to Wang Qinruo.
"Wang Qinruo!"
"Come to me if you can!"
It is undoubtedly very rude to call someone by their name directly in person, but Kou Zhun did not directly point at Wang Qinruo's nose and scold her, which seemed very polite.
"Kou Xiang, I will give you a favor and call you Kou Xiang."
"I won't give you face..."
"hehe!"
On the other side, Wang Qinruo was not afraid of Kou Zhun at all, but when he saw him standing up from his seat, he looked at Kou Zhun with cold eyes.
"hehe."
Kou Zhun also sneered back and said sarcastically to his face.
"how?"
"I'm standing in front of you now, what can you do?"
"The officials have a purpose!"
Just as the two were confronting each other, a sharp shout suddenly came from outside the door.
After a while, Liu Maoqin walked into the political hall with a calm attitude, holding the edict.
"Prime Minister Kou and Prime Minister Wang, both of them happen to be here, and the official family has issued an edict."
Upon hearing that there was a decree, the two had to put aside their grudges temporarily and bowed towards the imperial city.
Liu Maoqin looked at Wang Qinruo thoughtfully, and then spread out the edict.
"The edict is that Wang Congyi has stolen money for personal gain. The evidence is conclusive. From today on, he will be dismissed from his post and investigated. The prime minister Wang Qinruo has failed to raise his son. He has been dismissed from his post and has been sent to Luzhou."
Wang Congyi was none other than Wang Qinruo's son. The Imperial City Department had already discovered the fact of Wang Congyi's corruption, but it had been ignored.
Until recently, Li Jie saw that Wang Qinruo was becoming more and more provocative, so he raised the matter and beat Wang Qinruo and all the officials.
