Meeting Chai Ke was also by chance.
During this time, other departments were very busy, but the staff department was a little more relaxed.
Meeting Chai Ke outside Wenyuan Pavilion, Feng Ziying naturally wanted to talk for a while.
After talking for a few words, I felt that it would be better to find a place to talk in detail while standing here, so I made an appointment to go to the Daguan Tower to listen to the play and talk at the same time.
Chai Ke hesitated for a moment, then agreed.
The reason for hesitation was that this theater in the Mingqibai area was a bit inappropriate, but Feng Ziying didn't care.
"Mengzhang did a good job in Dong'an. In his own words, what he did in one day was more fulfilling than ten days in the ministry. Although he was exhausted from being busy every day, he felt that it was worthwhile. Okay,..." Feng Ziying smiled, picked up the tea cup and gestured.
Chai Ke and He Fengsheng were both from Huguang, so they naturally cared about He Fengsheng from Xiazhou County.
"So Mengzhang is still very satisfied?" Chai Ke nodded slightly, "You immediately dragged three people from your department to Shuntian Mansion. I heard that you also approached the Metropolitan Procuratorate for this. Do you want to go to war with Shuntian Prefecture and County officials?"
Speaking of this matter, Feng Ziying felt annoyed again and couldn't help complaining: "Chai Gong, it's not that I'm a mean person, or that I'm too demanding, but that I don't understand how the imperial court selects and employs people. There seems to be an assessment every year, and there seems to be a plan for the capital inspection, so why are these officials so miserable?"
"What's wrong?" Chai Ke laughed, "I just said something casually, and it caused such a big emotion in you. If it is really unusable, at the end of every year, as a superior officer, you naturally have the right to put forward your opinions to the assessment officials. The Ministry of Personnel and The Metropolitan Procuratorate will also give assessment opinions based on your suggestions. If the person is unqualified, it will naturally be dealt with, but you have to explain what mistakes they made and what aspects they did poorly. You cannot judge others based on your opinion alone. Qualitatively, after all, they only came into their own after studying hard for ten years, so there must be an explanation."
"Huh, Mr. Chai, I knew you would say that, and these officials below also know your official assessment and regulations very well, so they can cope with it easily, making it difficult for people to catch them, and they can't even tell them what they are. They did something wrong, but one thing is that many of them have this kind of mentality. They muddle along, hide when things happen, push back when things happen, fool around if they can, try not to do anything they can, and try not to do anything they can. Do as little as possible. What is the use of such an official? Apart from wasting the royal salary and causing trouble to one party, it is of no use."
Chai Ke was still surprised by Feng Ziying's unceremonious criticism. These words did not seem to be directed at a specific person, but more like a sharp criticism of the entire Shuntian Prefecture's lower state and county officials.
"No, Ziying, from what you said, it seems like you can knock down a group of people with one stick. Is the situation in Shuntian Mansion so bad?" Chai Ke frowned, "But I think the situation in Shuntian Mansion last year was not much worse than the year before. ."
Feng Ziying curled her lips, "Then you are trying to be taller among the short ones, right? There is no worst, only worse?"
Feng Ziying's words made her angry, "Ziying, it's rare to see you complaining like this, and you're still complaining to your subordinates. Why, your work has been so unsatisfactory this year? But I think you still do it. I am so prosperous and work so hard.”
"Just because others are lying down does not mean that I have resigned myself to depravity." Feng Ziying casually used a word that transcended the times and said unceremoniously: "When I was a co-president in Yongping Prefecture, I was very dissatisfied with the situation in the lower counties. I was satisfied, but I didn’t expect to see a worse scene after arriving at Shuntian Prefecture. Of course, I don’t deny that there are outstanding talents in more than 20 prefectures and counties in Shuntian Prefecture, but the ones that really satisfy me are 10 out of 10. It is said that in the annual assessment of the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, most of them are good, and even excellent, which makes me speechless. Last year's assessment was delayed due to the North-South War, but I want to say hello to Chai Gong first, maybe It will be embarrassing if you come to me, I will not be a good gentleman like Huifu Gong, and I will evaluate you realistically."
Chai Ke's expression changed slightly. He didn't even bother to ask what "lying flat" meant, but he knew it was not a good word when he heard it. He pondered for a moment, "Ziying, I don't know what is the reason why you are so angry with me." The situation in Shuntian Mansion is so unsatisfactory, but I have seen that all the tasks assigned to you by the court from last year to now have been completed well. The relief of more than 100,000 people has been almost error-free. The Ministry of Industry is also full of praise. , and I heard that your Shuntian Mansion’s plan for the whereabouts of this group of refugees is also remarkable. You can’t say that so much work was done by Feng Ziying and your team, right? Or that it’s just the people in your government office. People work hard and achieve great results, but the people in the lower states and counties are just a bunch of idlers??"
Seeing that Feng Ziying was about to say more, Chai Ke waved his hand to interrupt: "Ziying, listen to me. I know that Huifu did not do well when he served as governor in the past few years. He indulged the officials below too much and cultivated the behavior of these people. All kinds of bad habits, so you want to change one or two. Both Cunzhi and I support your adjustment. But if you want to say that these 20 state and county officials are not fit for purpose, your request is too high. That is to point directly at the imperial court’s assessment and appointment mechanism. Oh, what, do you think Cunzhi and I, the Minister of Civil Service, are not qualified? Or are the Dukes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate blind?"
Being choked by Chai Ke's words, Feng Ziying had to admire this man's excellent eloquence, but he couldn't just give in. If he didn't straighten out the land of Shuntian Mansion, how could he become him? The basic disk?
He said angrily: "Chai Gong, maybe my requirements are indeed relatively high, but there is a reason for that. If Shuntian Prefecture, the most good place, cannot set a model for the entire Zhou Dynasty, then how can the term "Gyeonggi" be used? Public? Maybe you are used to seeing the state officials down here eating and waiting to die, but now is a time of great strife, and when they are working hard, if the officials trained by the imperial court are so indulged in romantic affairs, they are satisfied that there are no problems within the country. , working as a paper painter everywhere, smoothing things over, as long as nothing happens on my watch. As for the next term, I will control the flood, then I’m afraid this situation won’t last long.”
Only then did Chai Ke realize that this man was not just expressing his feelings, but actually had his own profound opinions on this matter. It was just that this guy had only served as the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture for one year, and he had such insights, which was too much. He is "sentimental". Although he has not been serving as the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time, he has worked in the ministry and below before. How can he not know the situation below?
Whether this guy is too demanding, or the situation has changed too fast in the past few years, and it is really getting worse down there, Chai Ke is a little doubtful.
The Jingcha plan has been going on for a long time, and it seems that there is really nothing new. But to say that this model really cannot persist, Chai Ke is a little unbelievable.
"Ziying, it seems that you have been depressed for a long time and have come to me to talk to you. Well, today I just happened to listen to you, a high-ranking official in the most virtuous place, talk to me about what is wrong with you. What are your thoughts?" Chai Ke calmed down and relaxed his body. He wanted to listen carefully to what this guy had to say astonishingly.
Chai Ke's posture made Feng Ziying startled. After sorting out his thoughts, he slowly said: "I can't go into details about other places. After all, I haven't been there, but I have stayed in Yongping Mansion and Shuntian Mansion." , also has a certain say, and I have also communicated with Brother Jun Yu several times. It should be said that during the year he was in Yongping Mansion, his feelings were similar to mine. We cannot enter an abalone restaurant without smelling its smell for a long time. At least In Yongping Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, the situation is not optimistic, and I also believe that it will be similar in the entire Beizhili and even Beiland."
The sentence "It's like eating abalone, and you won't smell the smell for a long time" stung Chai Ke. This was a huge denial of the work of the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Even though he had always been modest, he was also very dissatisfied with this evaluation.
"Ziying, are you a bit alarmist?" Chai Ke's expression remained unchanged.
"Whether this is alarmist or not, Chai Gong knows in his heart that even if it is a slight exaggeration, this kind of situation is probably very common here in the North." Feng Ziying said calmly: "In this way, if you are a monk hitting the clock all day, you will be a perfunctory official. There are quite a few, you can see them everywhere.”
"Ziying, what you said is so disgusting, what are the specific things and what aspects of the performance are not satisfactory? The imperial court is in Beijing every year to monitor the big plans. It is not that you can't even tell right from wrong, right? You can say one or two, maybe There may be favoritism or negligence, but if it is like this, it may be difficult to justify." Chai Ke frowned.
"To be more specific, I can't explain it all in a short while. I just want to ask, the imperial court mainly inspects officials, the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so what is the standard for the assessment? Moral conduct is one of them. , what about the others? The others are just general, or they are the daily affairs, education, litigation, taxation, water conservancy and transportation, and the things assigned by the side. Whether these matters have been done or not, but this is for me I thought it was too broad, and there was no specific standard, so I answered it and figured it would be done. I handed it over to others to fool around with, which was also considered done. I put it aside and asked casually to find an excuse, which was also done. In the end, there was no one. In the end, it can be regarded as being done, or it can be done only half-heartedly, and it can be done. As for the various objective reasons, they are all at your fingertips..."
Feng Ziying's series of comparisons gave an overview of the matters in the entire prefecture and county. More importantly, he vividly described the various methods used by the prefecture and county to deal with the superiors. Chai Ke couldn't help but frown. It seemed that Feng Ziying was also right. I was extremely dissatisfied with this situation and spent a lot of time investigating and verifying it.
