Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun put down the fold in his hand and sighed helplessly, Hai Rui is really Hai Rui, it has only been a few days, and the impeachment fold has been sent. Stretching out his hand and putting the fold aside, Zhu Yijun fell into deep thought.

"Looks like civil servants are on the agenda!" Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said to Zhang He: "Pass the decree and discuss it tomorrow." ”

Civil servants are not a trivial matter, and their implementation needs to be approved by the cabinet, after all, it involves the civilian bureaucracy. However, Zhu Yijun believes that the resistance to implementation will not be too great, and it is still beneficial to the civilian clique.

"Slave understands!"

When the will of the court meeting reached the cabinet, Shen Shixing frowned, he really didn't have any interest in the court meeting. After Zhang Siwei left, Shen Shixing sat in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, but Shen Shixing also felt the pressure.

This pressure came not only from the court and officials, but also from the emperor.

As for what kind of attitude to use to face the emperor, Shen Shixing has never thought about whether he should obey the emperor or stand in opposition. By now, Shen Shixing has seen that the current emperor is deeply influenced by Zhang Juzheng.

In other words, as the emperor's master, Zhang Ju was successful, and he instilled many of his ideas into the emperor.

If he can't see that the emperor wants to reform and reform, he is not worthy of today's position. The results of Yangshiyin's implementation are not yet known, but Shen Shixing can feel the emperor's determination.

It's really time to implement it, I'm afraid the imperial court is going to be eventful again, and I'm afraid that the first assistant of the cabinet will not be good!

There are now four cabinet scholars in the cabinet, Shen Shixing is the first assistant, and Yu Youding is the second assistant. Compared with Yu Youding, Shen Shixing is more worried about Chen Jiong. Pan Sheng, who is also a cabinet scholar, is not so angry and does not have such a great desire for power.

However, Chen Wei is different, since he can get together with Zhang Siwei in order to enter the cabinet, then he has no bottom line in order to tie up with the emperor.

Although Yu Youding is the second assistant, Shen Shixing is confident that he can suppress him. In addition to the four cabinet scholars, the six Shangshu are not monolithic, and many times they will not keep pace with themselves!

Rubbing his swollen head, Shen Shixing sighed, is this the situation that the emperor wants to see?

The next morning, the court meeting was held as scheduled.

Zhu Yijun swept over the four cabinet scholars, looked at the six Shangshu, and said: "There is a stubborn disease in the imperial court, that is, the Xu officials, I will not repeat the harm of the Xu officials, and you Aiqing also know it in your hearts. ”

"The imperial court needs to rectify the officials every few years, but it recurs every year, and it doesn't work."

"I am also worried about this, you must know that the people are not in contact with the officials of the court, not with the people here, not with me, but with those officials. The officials are corrupt and harsh, and it is the court and me who are damaged. ”

"In the eyes of the people, the officials are the people of the court, the officials endanger the place, and the people hate the court."

The ministers stared at Zhu Yijun's words, and the expressions on their faces became serious, the issue of officials has always been a malaise of the imperial court. They can also recognize the severity of this ill, but some people don't care.

Civil officials can't even look down on military generals and nobles, let alone officials, but when the emperor says so, they can't say anything.

The ministers who are local officials are not one or two who have suffered losses from Xu officials, unless they are like Shen Shixing, who did well in the imperial examination, and then entered the Hanlin Dynasty, directly transferred to the six ministries of waiters, and then entered the cabinet.

They haven't been released for a lifetime, and they haven't been local officials for a lifetime, and their feelings are even less profound.

"I want to change the official system!" Zhu Yijun's voice was unprecedentedly serious, and his gaze swept over the ministers and said.

Although I thought of it just now, when I heard this sentence now, the ministers' hearts sank. Reform Xu officials, a person directly appeared in their minds, and this person was Wang Anshi.

The reputation of Wang Anshi's reform is so great that there is nothing that the civil officials do not know.

The study of Wang Anshi as an official is not a strange thing, especially Wang Anshi's sentence "The sky is not enough to be afraid, the ancestors are not enough to be afraid, and the words of people are not enough to be compassionate", which is really famous, and everyone has heard it.

In Wang Anshi's reforms, there are reforms for Xu officials, and they are very detailed.

Wang Anshi's reform of Xu officials can be summarized into three points, the first point is the assessment and selection of Xu officials. Wang Anshi believed that the assessment and selection of officials should be included in the assessment of court officials, and like officials, they should be assessed every year.

The second point is about the promotion of Xu officials, opening up the channel for Xu officials to be promoted to officials, so that Xu officials can have a way to be promoted, so that they can have ideals, instead of letting them see the future and only care about making money.

Third, Wang Anshi believes that court officials should be familiar with local affairs, and all officials should start with Xu officials.

Zhu Yijun is also very clear about Wang Anshi's three points of reforming Xu officials, but after reading it once, Zhu Yijun knows that Wang Anshi can't do it. Not only Wang Anshi can't do it, but he can't do it himself, this can only be an ideal.

Perhaps, after many years, I will be able to do it myself, after getting the support of the officials, but it will never work to implement this kind of policy directly.

The first point is that in the past, the officials and the council agreed that the evaluation of the officials had little impact on them, but increased the power in their hands. Why is the Ministry of Officials powerful, and the Ministry of Officials is still called the Heavenly Official, is it because they hold the performance appraisal of officials in their hands.

The second point is that officials will not agree, we have been tested in the cold window for ten years, how difficult it is to be an official, you directly promoted the officials, how can we be embarrassed? How can those scholars who are crowded outside the door of the official career be embarrassed?

In addition, the status of the officials and scholars is not equal, so let a group of lowly people and I be equal to the court officials, how can we do it?

The scholars of the Great Song Dynasty even looked down on Di Qing, and they were all excluded in various ways, would they look down on the officials? It's simply impossible. Under the circumstance that all the officials in the country are scholars, how can it be possible to promote the promotion of officials as officials.

As for the third point, it is even worse, the scholars are all high-ranking people, and they read the books of the sages, how can they be officials?

What is the purpose of studying and becoming an official, so that high-ranking officials have to sit, horses have to ride, and they can be officials, so how can they be?

From this point of view, Wang Anshi's reform of the Xu officials will definitely be resisted by all the scholar groups. After Zhu Yijun studied Wang Anshi's reform of Xu officials, he knew in his heart that it would not work to reform like Wang Anshi.

"I'm going to establish a civil service!" Zhu Yijun saw that the ministers did not speak together, and said directly.

"The so-called civil servants are taken from 'words and deeds, governing for the people, and appeasing the people on behalf of the Son of Heaven', civil servants will be included in the official system of the imperial court, and the civil servants will be nine products, and they will be given by Shi Zuolang, and the imperial court will give them a fortune."

"The performance appraisal of civil servants in the imperial court can be promoted once every three years."

As soon as Zhu Yijun's words came out, everyone's faces changed, do you really want to learn from Wang Anshi?

Shi Zuolang is the nine-rank of civil officials, and they can be promoted every three years, which means that the imperial court will include Xu officials in the official system. The key is that you can be promoted, this is amazing, Xu can be an official!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate!"

Before others could speak, Wang Guoguang, who was the secretary of the ministry, spoke first.

"If this law is followed, the annual expenses of the imperial court will increase significantly, which will cause redundant officials. Although the finances of the imperial court have improved in recent years, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to make ends meet if this method is implemented! ”

"The officials are treacherous, and the officials have already caused trouble in the place, and if they are promoted to officials, won't the disasters be more violent?"

Yu Youding, the second assistant of the cabinet, also spoke: "Your Majesty, the officials are all people who don't read the books of sages and sages, and they don't know how to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism in their hearts, how can they be officials?" Once a scholar becomes an official, where is the hard study of the scholar? Your Majesty, it's not right! ”

Then a few more ministers spoke, and they all had the same attitude, that is, opposition.

Zhu Yijun sighed, sure enough, Wang Anshi forcibly pushed this policy back then, but it failed.

Although Zhu Yijun also wants to achieve Wang Anshi's reform goals, Zhu Yijun knows that this is unrealistic, at least not for now. Glancing at the ministers present, Zhu Yijun and Chen Ji's faces were different.

You don't have to think about it to know that this old guy probably wants to agree, and he doesn't have any bottom line.

However, Zhu Yijun knows that even if Chen Wei agrees, it is not easy to push this matter down. As the so-called county officials are not as good as being in charge, let a group of officials be in charge under the hands of scholars, and then be promoted, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Unless the scholars themselves are allowed to be officials, this is also the method that Wang Anshi came up with, but this method is more difficult to push.

"Don't be impatient!" Zhu Yijun's eyes swept over everyone, and said with a smile: "I don't want to include Xu officials as civil servants, how can I not know how Xu officials are, it is because Xu officials are not good, so I want to change Xu officials." ”

The ministers looked at each other, and they didn't understand what Zhu Yijun meant for a while.

"Aiqing, do you know how many talents Daming has? What do these shows do for a living? Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I think it's a waste for these talents to be placed in the countryside!" That's why I want to recruit Xiucai as a civil servant. ”

"First, Xiucai can have a way to become an official, so that he will not be idle at home."

"Second, it can also allow Xiucai to have a livelihood, so that he will not be unable to read because of poverty."

"Thirdly, Xiucai is a Confucian disciple who has read the books of sages, and he is naturally more loyal and patriotic than Xu officials, and he also knows how to cherish the people."

"Fourth, Xiucai is a civil servant, and he can also get in touch with the people's livelihood in advance, which is also beneficial to being an official in the future."

As soon as Zhu Yijun's words came out, the ministers were suddenly silent, pondering this matter in their hearts. Let Xiucai be a servant, no, it's a civil servant, this is not easy to do. If it is a Xu official, no one will want to do it.

But civil servants are different, there are ranks, nine grades, and the attraction is different.

Coupled with the three-year turn, this attraction is even greater, although there will be many showmen who disdain, but for many poor showmen, the attraction is not ordinary! The emperor is ruthless!