During the food crisis last year, the apocalypse demanded that all officials and large households must sell surplus grain and destroy mulberry and grow grain, but later it was discovered that some people still hid grain and planted silkworms despite the orders of the imperial court, and gave them a chance to correct their mistakes and ignored them. In desperation, the apocalypse only ordered Jinyi Wei to raid the house and arrest people, and this Lin Hao's family was one of them. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Later, Lin Hao participated in the preaching group by example, and went to the whole country to preach with several other people who did not listen to the call, and contributed to the stabilization of food and the curbing of famine in the future.

Because he was afraid of delaying the work, Ni Yuanlu asked Lin Hao to take the craftsman to hide in the small courtyard to rest, and he was not allowed to work or speak, thinking that he would come out to continue working after the apocalypse was finished. Who knows that the apocalypse wants to see how the cannon drills the muzzle, so he looked left and right and didn't see it, so he casually pointed to the closed courtyard, and as soon as he entered, he saw a large group of people inside in a daze with their mouths open.

Ni Yuanlu saw that the brocade guards guarding the Apocalypse were in a hurry and were about to pull out their knives, so he hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Your Majesty, these are all craftsmen who strike iron, and there are some small furnaces and broken iron inside, and the site for processing cannons is behind." ”

Tianqi nodded and turned to leave, just after walking a few steps, he remembered a familiar face he saw in the small courtyard just now, so he asked, "Which person in the official uniform is familiar at the beginning, who is it?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The emperor's memory is really good, that is the former head of the Arsenal Clearance Department of the Ministry of War, Lord Lin Haolin, last year punished officials who did not obey the orders of the imperial court, including Lin Hao, it is rare for the emperor to meet and remember it after a year." ”

Apocalypse asked, "It turned out to be him, why is he here now?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "After Lord Lin Haolin and several others participated in the propaganda group by example, they worked tirelessly to preach the importance of growing and selling grain everywhere in the country, because of their meritorious service, they later returned to Beijing to wait for the alternate position. ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "I see, how is he doing now?" Is there any complaint about being much older than you and still in a low position? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Lord Lin is nearly fifty years old, but he has been a six-grade official for many years, it's not that he is not capable, but he is not motivated, he usually laughs with craftsmen and officials, he has no official authority, and he has no humble attitude when he sees Shangguan, so no one recommends him." Although he is honest on the outside but meticulous on the inside, after the explosion in Wang Gongchang, the Military Affairs Institute wanted to build a powder magazine far away from the palace, who knew that Lord Lin was trying to finally make the Military Affairs Institute change his mind, which shows that he is still very thoughtful. ”

Tianqi said strangely: "A six-rank petty official can make the Military Affairs Yuan change its mind, what did he say?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Lord Lin said that the most lethal reason for the explosion of Wang Gong's factory last time was that the gunpowder in the powder magazine was too concentrated, and no matter how strict the safety measures were and how much attention was paid to the personnel from top to bottom, the occurrence of accidents could not be prevented." Since no one dares to say that the powder magazine will not explode again due to natural disasters or **, the gunpowder should be stored in several places, so that even if it explodes again, it will not cause so much damage. If it was a general suggestion, no one would pay attention to him, and maybe he would have to reprimand him a few words, but when it came to personal safety, everyone didn't dare to do anything wrong, so they listened to him. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Yes, there is no distinction between the level of persuasion with reason, you tell him to let him work hard, as long as he makes achievements and can foresee suggestions, it means that he is capable, and I will not be wronged for a long time to capable and obedient people." ”

Zhang Weiying has been following Tianqi next to him, and began to hear Tianqi and Ni Yuanlu talking about ironmaking and steelmaking, and now he heard Tianqi mention the ability and grade of officials, so he asked: "Your Majesty, the minister remembers that the court and the central government debated how to evaluate the ability of officials a while ago, and there is no exact result in the end, but the minister still has some doubts about the link between age and grade, even if a young official has great ability, he must not be promoted to a high position, so will it cause idle talents?" Not to mention the military generals, many famous civil servants in history also showed their prominence when they were young, such as Zhuge Liang was only twenty-seven years old when he came out of the mountain. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "Originally, I would have to wait for a while before announcing to you, but since the British public asked me today, I can first tell you that the Holy Academy has a preliminary idea of how to assess the ability of officials, that is, to divide the affairs of the court and China into two categories: general affairs and special affairs. In special affairs, past achievements are used to judge future abilities, for example, a military general has led his troops to win several battles, and this person can be judged to have the ability to win in future wars. In general affairs, there is no need for officials to have any extraordinary personal ability, and the best way to reflect their ability is obedience and fairness. ”

Zhang Weiying asked curiously: "Special affairs such as war and counterinsurgency can judge future abilities based on previous abilities, which can be understood by the Fachen, because this is the old method of accumulating merit and promotion. However, in general affairs, officials are not required to be capable, only they are obedient and fair, and the ministers cannot understand on what basis do officials who are not personally competent conduct affairs? ”

Tianqi said: "In general affairs, there is no need for officials to use their individual ability to handle affairs, because the country is so big that no one person can do it, and it is necessary to use collective wisdom, and when using collective wisdom to handle affairs, obedience and fairness have become the greatest abilities of this official." Of course, the time is not yet ripe for the conditions to be met, but when the auxiliary political institutions at all levels are established and improved, and the people in the auxiliary political institutions are able to fulfill their duties, I am ready to do so. ”

Zhang Weiying thought for a while and nodded: "Using personal ability to handle affairs will make this person have a lot of flexible power, and it is easy to make mistakes and even use power for personal gain. But no matter where there are accidents, what if something unexpected happens? Isn't this person going to be blind? ”

Apocalypse smiled and said, "How did the British Duke forget?" Unexpected affairs are special affairs, and how to deal with special affairs has not been talked about at the beginning? Isn't it foolproof that I will send two officials in each place, one to deal with general affairs and the other to deal with special affairs? ”

Zhang Weiying suddenly realized and said: "The minister is confused, it seems that this method can really be tried." Ni Yuanlu said: "Your Majesty, you sit here first and drink tea, is there any unstable place for the ministers, the barrels of those cannons are very heavy and easy to roll, if you don't stabilize and hurt the emperor or the ministers, you should die." ”

Tianqi nodded and motioned for him to go, and then asked Zhang Weiying and Wang Yongguang to sit down and drink tea, everyone thanked Tianqi first and then sat down, Wang Yongguang asked at this time: "Your Majesty, I began to listen to what you mean to say that fighting a war is a special matter, so is the ability of a military general to be judged only by his military merits?" ”

Apocalypse said: "At the beginning, the British Duke also asked about the link between age and grade, which is indeed a difficult choice question, valuing age will make young people's abilities impossible to display, but not limiting age will make many old ministers' experience impossible to use∞ think about it or decide to use age to limit grades, because young people have the opportunity to respect the elderly, and in the future to use collective wisdom, young people can also contribute their wisdom in the auxiliary government, Just like in the Military Academy, if you have a good idea, you will not give a silver reward in vain. ”

Seeing Zhang Weiying nodding silently on the side, Tianqi said to Wang Yongguang: "Lord Wang said that a soldier's military merit does not represent his ability, I think that before there is a better way to judge his ability, military merit is indeed the most favorable way to judge his ability. However, my requirements for civil servants are obedience and ability, while for soldiers, I value loyalty first, and ability is secondary. Thinking that Wei Zhongxian colluded with me inside and outside last year, the first thing I thought of when I decided to eradicate him was the British Duke, and there were many people who were similar to the British Duke's ability in the court, but there were not many people like the British Duke. ”

After listening to the words of the apocalypse, Wang Yongguang said to Zhang Weiying enviously: "The emperor's trust in the British Duke is enviable, and the British Duke is very blessed!" ”

Zhang Weiying listened to Tianqi mention last year's events, and the implication was that his trust in himself increased unabated, and Wang Yongguang said on the side that he envied himself, knowing that it would be impossible not to say two words to show loyalty, and said excitedly in his heart: "Since the ancestor Zhang Yu began to become an ancestor Jingnan, the Zhang family has always been valued by the emperors of all dynasties, and the ministers will never dare to live up to the trust of the emperor and the guidance of the ancestors, and the emperor will not hesitate to order his ministers to go to the soup!" ”

Tianqi smiled: "Very good, it is my blessing and the blessing of the Ming Dynasty that our monarchs and ministers are affectionate and righteous, but for the military ministers, loyalty first and ability second are not what I said." Who do you say is the most powerful military general in the Three Kingdoms? ”

Wang Yongguang thought for a while and said: "I heard that the names of the generals of the Three Kingdoms are Yilu, Erzhao, Sandianwei, Siguan, Wuma, and Liuzhang, but these are all rumors and cannot be true. ”

Tianqi said: "Let's not talk about who is powerful and who is not powerful, Lu Bu is the first, Zhao Yun is the second, there should be no dispute, right?" ”

Zhang Weiying said: "Lu Bu can fight Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the latter two are defeated, and Liu Bei has to be added to become a draw, Lu Bu is the first, of course, Zhao Yun is not even as good as Zhang Fei in the longboard slope, and there should be no objection to the second place." ”

Tianqi asked: "Then have you thought about it, Cao Cao has always loved talents, Baimenlou Lu Bu wanted to surrender to him, but he didn't agree and killed Lu Bu, Changbanpo, he persuaded Zhao Yun to surrender, but instead ordered his subordinates not to release cold arrows, why is this?" Could it be that in his heart, Lu Bu, who was willing to surrender, was not as good as Zhao Yun, who was unwilling to surrender? Lu Bu is number one. ”

Zhang Weiying said: "The minister knows why, because Lu Bu has no loyalty at all, he first followed Ding Yuan and killed Ding Yuan, and then followed Dong Zhuo but killed Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao didn't want to be killed by Lu Bu one day." ”