Seeing her curious baby look, Gao Pingshi couldn't help but smile: "It's not that mysterious. It's not like I want to give Shogo three tips or anything like that."
"Oh..." Liu Xin responded with a long response, then rolled her eyes, wrinkled her nose, and said: "Then I know, it must be related to some political struggle, so you don't want to say it clearly, so as not to worry about anything else. If the matter is leaked in the future, you, the dignified Marquis of Nanning, will not be able to lose face, right?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed, but after he finished laughing, he nodded seriously: "Yes."
Liu Xin leaned back in her chair and said lazily: "I thought I was a good and pure female college student who had just graduated. But later on, I was a lady of the world, but I met unkind people. When I met such a generous person like you, You are a big black bureaucrat. Now, it’s good that I have to help you convey these news of conspiracies and conspiracies. I feel like I’m going to be a black man... It’s true!”
Gao pragmatic couldn't help but laughed again, but he laughed again and said at the same time: "Everything else you said is right, but there is one thing that is not quite right... The news this time cannot be simply classified as a conspiracy. trick."
"Okay, okay, if you say no, then it's not. Who makes you the head of the family, right, sir?"
"Ahem." Gao Pingshi gave her a fake look and said, "If you keep talking like that, I'll make you have a good cosplay."
Liu Xin was startled, and subconsciously looked at the door, then glared back at Gao Pingshi and warned: "This is the office area of the Secretariat. Sister Zhiting has been coming over often at night recently, so don't mess around."
"I heard that women love to talk sarcastically..." Gao Pragmatic smiled mischievously, but before he finished laughing this time, Liu Xin jumped over and covered his mouth, saying viciously: "I'm a practicing practitioner... …Do you understand what I mean?”
Gao Pragmatic didn't resist, he said "woo woo woo" and didn't know what he was talking about. Liu Xin looked at it suspiciously and said, "What do you want to say?"
"woo woo woo woo……"
Liu Xin loosened her grip as if she was angry, stared at him, and said, "You can talk now."
"Ah..." Gao Pingshi breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly, "Looking at your actions, I think you are trying to say that I can't mess around and you have to mess around on your own?"
Liu Xin looked at his lazy look and couldn't help but itched her teeth with hatred, but after all she was not a serious lady of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, her face suddenly changed, revealing a charming face, and she put her red lips to her high In Qingshi's ear, he exhaled like a blue breath and said: "It's not possible here. If I want to play cosplay, I can only go to the slave's room at night..."
Without saying anything, Gao Pingshi reached out and slapped her buttocks hard, and said sternly: "Okay, it's settled!"
Liu Xin was numb and numb after being patted by him. She stood up straight in a hurry and before she could speak, she suddenly heard the door being lightly knocked twice, and a serious and cold voice asked with a hint of doubt: "My boss...do you have any orders?"
Liu Xin quickly swallowed the words that came to her lips, quickly sat down in her chair, and looked at Gao Pragmatic intently.
The corner of Gao Pingshi's mouth twitched slightly, and he replied seriously: "Nothing, please step back." The man outside immediately responded: "Yes, boss." Then nothing more happened.
Gao Pingshi looked at Liu Xin, who was already sitting upright, and said helplessly: "Oh... it's disappointing." But this time Liu Xin just rolled her eyes at him and said nothing.
"Okay, okay, let's talk about business first." Gao Pingshi said with a lack of interest: "The first thing is that I will not personally lead the troops in this Western Expedition, so if there is no accident, civilian commanders will He could only choose one of the three governors and the governor of Gansu.
However, this afternoon I talked with several senior officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War, and I believe that Li Wen, the governor of the three sides, needs to stay near Zhuanglang this time, and his task is mainly logistics management. So in this case, Xu Sanwei may have to be the coach of the Western Expedition. "
Liu Xin also put away her previous charm at this time, rolled her eyes and said, "What's the problem with Xu Sanwei?"
"I can't say there is anything wrong, it's just..." Gao Pingshi frowned and said: "Actually, he has never been in charge of military affairs in a serious way, but he is quite good at internal affairs.
In the 27th year of Wanli reign, Zhao Zhigao recommended him to take over as governor of Gansu. The reason why I did not object at that time was also that Xu San was afraid of doing good in domestic affairs. I hoped that he could improve the local economy while he was in Gansu. You know, at that time I did not expect that troops would be deployed in the northwest within the next few years. "
"Recommended by Zhao Zhigao?" Liu Xin blinked: "Is this Xu Sanwei an official of the Xinxue School from Nantang?"
"Yes." Gao Pingshi nodded and said, "He is from Qiantang, Hangzhou, and his family can be considered a family of high officials."
"Oh, there's no need to talk about the rest." Liu Xin nodded and said, "Qiantang is from Qiantang, and it was recommended by Zhao Zhigao. If it weren't for the Xinxue disciples, there would be nothing wrong with him."
Gao Pingshi said: "I emphasize two points. The first is that he has no experience in commanding the army. His greatest advantage since he became an official is that he has been honest in politics and does not mess around. Second, it has been his third year as governor of Gansu. , generally speaking, it’s time to transfer... Of course, if you don’t transfer, you usually have to work for another three years.
As for his Xinxue background, to be honest, I don’t really care, especially the fact that he came from Zhao Zhigao’s recommendation... To a certain extent, if I let him be in charge of the military affairs of the Western Expedition, in the current situation in the DPRK Going down is not necessarily a bad thing. "
Liu Xin's attitude after hearing this was very simple - she didn't believe it at all. Perhaps, the first reason mentioned by Gao Pragmatic is somewhat reasonable, but the second reason is more nonsense. As for Gao Pingshi's verbal statement that his background in the Xinxue School did not affect his appointment of Xu Sanwei... Whoever believes this is a fool.
The first reason Gao pragmatic said does have an impact on the appointment. Generally speaking, when appointing a commander in a large-scale military operation, one must take into account whether the person has military ability, but the problem is that this is the Ming Dynasty.
One of the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty's politics is to use civil society to control military affairs. Many Fujun and even Zhijun had no experience in commanding troops before they became ministers of the border areas. However, many of them actually performed well during their term of office, and even performed well. Jia, how do you say this? It can only be said that because the Ming Dynasty has such a tradition, its military organizational form has already had an "adaptive response."
What does that mean? It probably means that because it has long been a habit to use civil servants to control military forces, military generals have already had a way to deal with civilian officials commanding troops.
For example, if civil servants ask them to send troops somewhere, and they weigh it themselves and find that the battle can indeed be fought, then they will fight it seriously; if they find that the battle cannot be fought, they will try to find excuses. Although I wanted to go, but the actual conditions were not met, I would have to wait a little longer before sending out troops, or I might find some excuse to come back immediately after leading the troops to attack... In short, I would either resort to procrastination or go against the rules.
Generally speaking, only as a last resort will you be forced to fight the battle even though you know there is no way to fight it, so this unique "adaptive response" is formed.
Liu Xin didn't believe the second reason Gao Pingshi said at all. Liu Xin has been in Daming for almost as long as Gao Pragmatic. Although her understanding of history in her previous life is indeed not as good as Gao Pragmatic's, and she has no interest in politics, the living environment in this life is here, especially in recent years. The highly pragmatic secretary-general has greatly improved her understanding of politics and history.
As for the Ming Dynasty specifically, she also carefully studied a lot of things like systems and customs. Although Liu Xin didn't say anything about the place where Gao Pragmatic said "the governor of Gansu should be transferred after serving for three years", she was completely convinced in her heart. It's scornful because it's simply not true.
Regarding the position of governor of Gansu, Liu Xin had studied it after Chahar fled to the west in the early years. First of all, let’s talk about the selection of office holders. Since the governor of Gansu is not only the chief official of social and political governance in the Gansu region, he is also an important participant in the northwest defense system. Therefore, the selection of the governor of Gansu is jointly hosted by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This is exactly the reason why Gao Pragmatic mentioned before that he had "no objection" after Zhao Zhigao's recommendation - his "no objection" here is not only that he had no objection at the cabinet level as the cabinet minister, but also that a lot of weight lies in him. The Minister of Revenue did not object.
Selecting an official to go to a local area to handle government affairs requires him to become familiar with how government affairs are carried out as soon as possible, so he must be selected from similar official positions.
Liu Xin has statistics compiled by the Secretariat and found that 79.52% of the governors of Gansu were appointed by the Chief Envoy and the Inspector-General. This is precisely because the powers between the three of them are basically similar, so even if they are temporarily selected, the newcomers can quickly enter and become familiar with the handling of government affairs when they arrive in Gansu.
What position did Xu Sanwei hold before he became governor of Gansu? Shanxi inspector. He served as Shanxi's envoy from the 21st to the 26th year of Wanli. In the 27th year of Wanli, he was promoted to governor of Gansu.
[Note: Baidu Encyclopedia’s record of Xu Sanwei’s resume is very vague. In particular, there is no explanation of the year or position he held before becoming governor. There is also a sentence in it: “(Ren Gongke to Shizhong)… Later, he was sent to other places and served successively. "According to inspection envoys and administrative envoys".
This article is very strange. I searched for information for several hours and found that there is no record of Xu Sanwei serving as chief envoy in the "Records of Shenzong". I don't know where this statement comes from. If any readers can explain this, please leave a comment. ]
Talking about the issue of tenure, the governor system did not become a complete and formal social management system in the Ming Dynasty. However, with the increase of stability in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, these governors became high-ranking officials. However, as officials under the feudal monarchy, their appointment and dismissal were sometimes very arbitrary.
For the governor of Gansu, the term of office for each term is not uniformly fixed. Some may last up to seven years, but some may be as short as less than one month.
There are various reasons why the governor's term of office is not fixed. The main reasons for the abnormal end of the term include official Ding worry, impeachment and death. Liu Xin once asked the Secretariat to sort through the resumes of dozens of previous governors of Gansu Province, and found that among these people, the shortest term was only five days.
For example, Liu Minkuan was impeached by Yang Yingwen less than five days after he took up the post of governor of Gansu because he failed to pass the examination. He "participated in the cardinal's favoritism and destroyed the decree, and was vaguely elected." At that time, Yang Yingwen's memorial was mainly to expose Liu Minkuan as unqualified to serve as governor of Gansu. Governor, and finally dismissed Liu Minkuan through the judgment of the court.
Among those who served longer was Zhao Zai, who served as governor of Gansu for nearly seven years. In fact, in areas like Gansu, which is at the forefront of the war in the northwest, too frequent changes in the top management will be harmful to the governance of the northwest frontier. On the contrary, only by serving for a longer period of time can a governor have a detailed understanding of the specific conditions of a place and formulate appropriate policy measures to achieve good social governance effects.
Just as Zhang Yongming once said: "The ministers in various places must be appointed for a long time. Those who have worked hard for a long time and are promoted accordingly should be promoted and promoted as usual. They must make the place peaceful and achieve success before they are moved to their posts."
Some people have a positive opinion, and naturally some people will raise objections. Long-term governorships in Gansu can easily lead to discord among local officials in the region. In order to stabilize the border areas, the emperor and cabinet often turn a blind eye.
But in general, a longer term of office is better than a shorter term. For example, Wang Fu also said: "The governor's appointment is to prevent border invaders, mobilize troops to fight against thieves, provide wages to relieve hunger, and appease soldiers and people. Important tasks. If there is a change every three years, the pros and cons of one party cannot be known, and everything done at a low rate will not be a long-term solution."
The secretariat found through literature review that since the appointment of governors was for the first time during the Tianshun period, the terms of governors at that time were relatively arbitrary, which resulted in the governors' tenure being shorter during this period.
Fortunately, the Secretariat can only find existing documents. Otherwise, if Liu Xin breaks the casserole and asks Gao Pragmatically, he will find that in fact, from the perspective of later generations, the average tenure of governors in Gansu is the longest. It was the Wanli Dynasty, especially Xu Sanwei and Zhou Pan whose terms lasted seven years.
There is certainly something unusual about this. However, the reason why they have served so long is not because they performed particularly well as governors of Gansu and were very suitable for this position, but because Zhu Yijun in the original history engaged in a cold war with the civil service group due to the dispute over the country. The appointment and removal assessment of officials are completely indifferent.
Therefore, at that time, as long as officials in a certain place did not cause any big problems, Zhu Yijun often ignored them and allowed them to continue working until someone impeached them, or they took the initiative to resign... or even resigned repeatedly.
Of course, although Liu Xin knew these situations, since Gao Pragmatic refused to admit it, she would not point it out. She just asked smartly: "Since Xu Sanwei is not suitable for leading the Western Expedition, then find an opportunity." The transfer has been completed, but...it seems that it’s not easy to just use the expiry of three years as an example? Do you have other ideas?"
Gao pragmatic sighed and said: "You are right. Soldiers are a major event for the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. It is just that Xu Sanwei has done a pretty good job in Gansu in the past three years. He must do a good job for the country. It doesn't seem very kind to go out of your way to find fault with him, so what I mean is... I have to let Shogo think of a solution."
"Oh..." Liu Xin suddenly realized, it turns out that you have been waiting for my brother here for a long time?
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