Lian Guoshi should be regarded as the most core member of Feng Ziying's group, bar none.
In addition to Lian Guoshi, who most agrees with many of Feng Ziying's ideas and has the closest relationship with Feng Ziying, what's more important is that Lian Guoshi was the top scholar in the subject in the fifth year of Yonglong. He also had great influence among the northern scholars and even the entire group of young scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Big, it can be said that it is second only to Feng Ziying.
Moreover, Lian Guo Shi was an upright and friendly person, capable and down-to-earth in his work. In some aspects, he was better than Feng Ziying.
In addition, the Lian family is also a prominent scholar in eastern Henan and is very influential in Henan, so this kind of help can be called God's help.
This is why Feng Ziying went to great lengths to first gain the approval of Cui Jingrong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and then took great pains to convince Gu Bingqian, and finally made some deals to win Guan Yingzhen's consent, and finally sent the matter of state training to the Ministry of Personnel. In the key position of Right Minister.
It is not just as simple as being a third-grade minister. If you want to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Punishments, you don't need to spend so much effort. But the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel is different. This will determine many people in your camp in the next few years. Can be lifted up quickly.
With his skills and abilities in state affairs, Feng Ziying believed that he could successfully complete his ideas and handle them perfectly so as not to attract doubts from the outside world.
When it comes to practicing state affairs, he is not very young. He was born in the 23rd year of Yuanxi and is already thirty-six. It can be said that he is in his prime and worthy of a big responsibility.
In comparison, Geng Ruqi is four years older than Lian Guoshi, while Pan Ruzhen is older, already in his forties.
Although the two of them were quite capable in doing things, they did not have the status of number one scholar, nor had they entered the Hanlin Academy. Their reputations were far inferior to those of practicing state affairs, so they suffered a big loss in this regard.
Therefore, in the end, if Feng Ziying chooses Lian Guoshi as the core training target, she must first determine the identity of Lian Guoshi and let him play a key role in a key position.
"Ziying, pushing me to this position is equivalent to putting me on the fire. Do you know that as soon as I went to the official department to report, countless people stared at me, including several doctors, outsiders, and the chief executive? Such a person, his eyes are about to burst out with fire."
With a smile on his face, Lian Guoshi took the teacup handed over by Feng Ziying himself, wiped it, shook his head and said.
"Haha, such an exaggeration? Why, if you don't become the Right Assistant Minister, it will be their turn? I'm afraid no one would have such wishful thinking, right?" Feng Ziying sneered, "If you really think you are capable, don't stay in the ministry all the time. Go down. Go to the state capital and work hard for me for a few years, be it a mule or a horse, and walk for me in the local area, only then will you be able to show your true qualities."
Doctors are only in the fifth rank, and they will never be promoted to four levels in a row, unless they make great contributions.
But how can you, a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, make such a great contribution? It's not as good as in the Ministry of War, where you might still have a chance. You spend all your time wandering around in assessments, evaluations, and documents. How can you make such a great contribution?
"Are you just jealous and envious people who think that you are young and suddenly promoted from a local position to a minister, and they are very angry?" Feng Ziying continued: "Tell them, if they really want to be jealous, don't be jealous of you. Come to me! I am less than thirty and have already joined the cabinet. If you want to be successful, follow my example and go to the local areas, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, and work for three to five years. As long as you are not bad, I guarantee them If you can upgrade to more than two levels in a row, let’s see if they are willing to go!”
Feng Ziying's words also made Lian Guoshi amused.
How could those people who were used to having a leisurely life in the bureaucracy go to such a barren land and not know whether they would come back alive? Are they trying to force them to resign?
"Okay, I also know that they are just a little unhappy because I came up from somewhere, but so what? It's still like you said. If you are not convinced, just go to the south and the north and have a taste of the food in the borderlands. Taste, taste the joys and sorrows of the people in the barren land, and if you can understand the true taste, your journey will be worthwhile, and your promotion will be justified."
Lian Guo Shi also understood clearly, "It's a pity that no one wants to go."
"So don't be unconvinced. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Those who are unconvinced but have no ability should sneak out as soon as possible and don't stay in the staff and do bad things." Feng Ziying said unceremoniously: "I I have said to Duke Liuji and Duke Ziqiang that government is politics, and if officials do not govern, the country will not be a country."
The practice of state affairs also began to get down to business, and he asked in a deep voice: "Ziying, in your opinion, what is official governance?"
Feng Ziying asked back: "Jun Yu, do you know how to pass the exam?"
"Of course I know that the imperial court has issued it to all prefectures and counties, which involves considerable reforms, but there are differences in each region. For example, can Yan'an Prefecture be the same as Ningbo Prefecture? Can Jiangning County be the same as Wubao County? ? Of course it’s impossible, then there should be differences and emphasis in the assessment and evaluation. This point is also mentioned in the Entrance Examination Law, but more power is given to each province, so it depends on each province’s specific details, but there are One thing I feel, and it may arouse a lot of repercussions, is that the influence on the evaluation of country gentlemen has been greatly weakened..."
Lian Guoshi was keenly aware that the examination method had greatly weakened the influence of local squires on the evaluation of local officials. In other words, there would be a very obvious change in the evaluation of local officials by the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the future. There are three main evaluation criteria: one is the evaluation of Shangguan, the other is the evaluation of squires, and the third is the performance of taxation, education, and public security. The evaluation of squires is not light.
But there have been huge changes in the current examination method. Although the evaluation of Shangguan still carries a lot of weight, the weight of the third category, that is, political performance, has been greatly increased, while the evaluation of country gentry has been greatly weakened.
Moreover, the categories of political achievements have also undergone major changes. Taxation is still important, and public security has not changed. However, three categories have been added: grain output, industrial and commercial development, and infrastructure construction. Moreover, the proportions of these three categories are not small. It requires annual grain production. Or it can be reflected by the increase in the output of agricultural and sideline products, industrial and commercial taxes and the number of industrial and commercial enterprises, while infrastructure construction can be reflected by the annual investment amount.
This change means that local officials pay more attention to practical matters in specific matters, rather than some pragmatic enlightenment, such as the development of industrial and commercial industries, the increase of agricultural and sideline products, and investment in infrastructure construction. These can be demonstrated and supported by real data. What is reflected is also more intuitive and simpler in terms of assessment and evaluation.
"Yes, I did put forward a lot of my views and opinions on the examination method, and Master Qi generally accepted my opinions and wrote them into the examination method. This is why I want to have a good talk with you today. The main content of the discussion.”
Feng Ziying did not mince words.
"Well, Ziying, you mean that the future evaluation of the civil service department will also focus on performance, and the same will be true for the selection of officials?" Lian Guoshi said softly, stroking his beard.
"That's what I mean." Feng Ziying thought for a while, "But that's not the most important thing I want to talk to you about today. I want to talk to you about some of the views and ideas that you and I have discussed over the years. Now that I have joined the cabinet, and you have also become the Minister of Civil Affairs, how can we implement many of our views and ideas into these daily lives in the future? Or to be more straightforward, how can we implement our views in future court affairs? Ideas to make the country and its people better?"
Lian Guoshi was slightly surprised. This statement was a bit big, and in a sense it was also a bit too much.
Feng Ziying is just a cabinet minister. Even if he has some say, in the final analysis, he still has to obey the overall opinions of the cabinet. How come he has to implement his intentions?
As if aware of Lian Guo Shi's surprise, Feng Ziying didn't care and said to herself: "Jun Yu, I won't hide it from you. The current situation in the cabinet is not very good. Everyone blows his own trumpet and sings his own tune. You come to Beijing." Later, you will gradually feel that some major issues have been discussed for a long time, and many specific issues have to be pushed and implemented by yourself. It can be said that this is very disappointing. "
"In what aspects are the internal conflicts within the cabinet specifically reflected?" Lian Guoshi asked in confusion.
"There are various aspects, including different opinions, personal grievances, factional differences, and even more entangled interests. It is difficult to sum it up in one word. So in the past few months, I have also felt a headache, so I I’m thinking, if that’s the case, why can’t I just follow the path I think is right? Who can say anything about us if we do things that are beneficial to the country and the people?”
Feng Ziying's words were sonorous, "I just want to have a good talk with you today about what we think this country should look like in the next three to five years or even ten years, and what we should do to achieve the goal in our minds. In addition to our Besides, should we invite more people to join in to achieve the beautiful goal that everyone agrees on? This goal should be beneficial to the country and the people, and we should also determine a series of specific goals according to time, so that We will achieve these goals in accordance with the timeline and fulfill our commitments.”
Lian Guoshi finally realized that today's conversation was not about simply communicating opinions, but about unifying thoughts, building consensus, and determining a feasible planning plan.
Feng Ziying must have a very grand narrative plan in mind, and it involves everyone's views on the future.
Feng Ziying's intention is also very obvious, which is to find like-minded people and gather all the strength of these people to fight and work hard for it.
But instead of being disgusted with practicing state affairs, he was actually excited. As a scholar, he originally came with the purpose of cultivating himself, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. Moreover, he and Feng Ziying had communicated and discussed many things over the years, and they had a lot of consensus. Now it is When you can show your ambition.
