Chapter 255: Cabinet Change

The war in the southwest is going very well, Li Jun is also very comfortable, and now the cabinet has begun to prepare how to set up counties in the three southwestern countries.

On this day, Li Jun had just finished a set of five poultry plays, Yuan Zhan hurriedly came to ask for a meeting, Li Jun directly met Yuan Zhan in the martial arts arena, and saw Yuan Zhan's face full of spring breeze, Li Jun asked with a smile: "Yuan Qing, what is so happy?" ”

Yuan Zhan said with rare shyness: "Your Majesty, the sixth child in the family gave birth to a son to the old man. ”

Li Jun hurriedly laughed and said: "Yuan Qing is really old and strong, he is in his seventies and has a son, congratulations, He Shen, go to the inner library to get some rewards, and send them to Yuan Qing's mansion in the evening." ”

"The old slave obeys." He Shen replied with a smile.

The two of them said a few more gossips, and Yuan Zhan began to get down to business, Yuan Zhan took out a list from his sleeve and handed it to Li Jundao: "Your Majesty, this is the result of this plan, please take a look at it." ”

Li Jun took it and took a look, there are more than 7,000 officials in Datang across the country, so Li Jun just picks some things that he values to take a look, such as Xiao Renjie, Xiao Renjie is the top class in the assessment this time, and he will be promoted to the next level according to the system.

After reading it, Li Jun nodded and said: "Okay, yes, these are the poor warnings in the calculations once, remember, after three warnings, these people will be dismissed, and there are some who are really bad, the cabinet will take out the list and directly depose it, and now there are more than 300 new science and technology scholars waiting to be assigned, and these corpses should be moved as soon as possible." ”

"No, the old minister obeys." Yuan Zhan bowed in response.

At this time, Li Jun suddenly discovered the white hair on Yuan Zhan's head, and couldn't help but sigh and said: "Yuan Qing, you have really worked hard in the past four years, on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, I will give you an explanation." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yuan Zhan understood what Li Jun meant, although he had long known that he was going to retire, but when this day really came, Yuan Zhan was still very uncomfortable in his heart, after all, everyone likes power, and he is no exception, Yuan Zhan clearly remembered that when Xiao Wangzhi defeated himself as the prime minister, his heart cracked, and his heart was false, and it was true that he went upstream.

Li Jun knew that Yuan Zhan's heart must be uncomfortable at this time, so he explained with a smile: "Yuan Qing, don't you think that you can retire after you retire, don't forget that you are still holding the position of the prince and young master, the prince is young, but he also needs the teaching of you old ministers." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will do his best to assist His Royal Highness the Prince." Yuan Zhan arched his hand and said.

Yuan Zhan left the palace and returned to his office in the cabinet, stroking the chair he had been sitting on for four years, as gentle as caressing a lover's skin, when Zhang An's voice came from outside the door: "Lord Shoufu is free, Zhang An asks to see him." ”

Yuan Zhan sorted out his emotions, returned to the old fox appearance of Zhizhu in his hand, and then coughed and said, "Lord Zhang, please come in." ”

After Zhang An came in, he first saluted Yuan Zhan, and then said with a smile: "Lord Shoufu, you entered the palace with the results of this plan, I don't know what Your Majesty ordered?" Everyone is still waiting. ”

The matter of the plan is very important, so Yuan Zhan was ready to deal with this matter and then let the cabinet people get off work, but after he came out of the palace, he was uneasy and forgot about it all of a sudden, so Yuan Zhan said embarrassedly: "Alas, it's not okay for people to disobey the old, and I almost forgot about the big thing." ”

Yuan Zhan told Zhang An Li Jun's words word for word, and Zhang An hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Shoufu, don't worry, the lower officials will go down to make arrangements." ”

Before Zhang An left the room, he saw Yuan Zhan's voice coming from behind him: "Lord Zhang, on the eighth day of the eighth month of August, get ready." ”

Zhang An controlled his ecstasy, turned around and solemnly saluted Yuan Zhan and said, "Don't worry, Lord Shoufu, Xia Guan understands." ”

Yuan Zhan nodded with a smile and said, "Let's do a good job of the plan first, Your Majesty attaches great importance to the plan." ”

"Xia Guan understands."

Zhenguan's three-year plan is particularly harsh, more than 400 officials have been removed, and nearly 500 officials have been warned, and suddenly officialdom at all levels is a lot more careful, and the unspoken rules of those officialdoms are also a lot less.

When the officials were nervous, things came to a 180-degree turn, nearly 1,000 officials were commended, and this commendation was not the kind of verbal commendation before, it was a real promotion and salary increase, for which the officials regained their confidence, as long as they work hard and follow Your Majesty, glory and wealth are indispensable, and the change of the cabinet has also given everyone a booster, if the previous prime minister is not a big mistake, it will be done until death, now it is different, the cabinet changes a group of people every four years, Instead, the dynasty stipulates that as long as you are 60 years old, you have to retire, so that you don't have to worry about those old immortals occupying the pit and not, and everyone also sees the hope of joining the cabinet.

On the eighth day of August in the third year of the Tang Dynasty, it is a day recorded in history, on this day, Li Jun told the ancestors in the Taimiao, first said the exploits of the first cabinet chief assistant Yuan Zhan, and then gave Yuan Zhan the glory of the temple after his death, and finally announced that the cabinet deputy Zhang Anming was rational and knowledgeable, and was promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Lu Hang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed as the second assistant of the cabinet, and Yusuo added the title of Moshan Marquis, and was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. Zhao Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, retired due to illness, Jingzhao Yin Baoqing was promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Shi Heng, the former servant of the Criminal Department, was appointed to the post of Jingzhao Yin, and the rest remained unchanged.

All in all, this personnel change is quite drastic, three of the eight Shangshu have changed, Jingzhao Mansion Yin has also changed, coupled with the various changes of local officials in the last time, Li Jun told everyone a truth through his actual actions: "There is only one voice in this world, and that is my voice." ”

The most unfortunate thing in this is Zhao Yan, just a few days before the cabinet change, Zhao Yan drank a few more glasses of wine with a happy greedy cup, and then had a stroke on the way back to his house, even Huashan personally went out to save Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan ended up with a half-body disability, and had to withdraw from the officialdom in tears.

Li Jun still admired Zhao Yan very much, and also contributed a lot to Li Jun, so after the ceremony, Li Jun went straight to Zhao's mansion.

Looking at the simple house of the Zhao family, and then looking at Zhao Yan who was lying on the bed and couldn't move, Li Jun also had to say: "The world is impermanent." ”

Li Jun comforted Zhao Yan, and before leaving, he also sent Zhao Yan's sons to Gantang to study, for which Zhao Yan and his family were grateful.