Midsummer is coming, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the earthquake in Hedong has completely subsided, all kinds of materials have been transported to Xinzhou, there has been a good location for the new city, and the reconstruction of Xinzhou City has begun, and because of the proper prevention and control, there is no major plague, which also makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Li Zhang has returned to the capital, he often pays attention to the situation in Xinzhou, and even sends the first batch of students who are about to graduate from the medical school to Xinzhou to tutor, after all, there are too many injuries there, and these students can not only help the local victims, but also improve their medical skills, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

However, today's weather is too hot, if possible, Li Zhang really wants to stay at home and guard the ice basin without moving, but thinking of Zhao Zhen's entrustment and the rumors he has heard recently, he also had to have people prepare the carriage, and then took the car to Wang Zeng's mansion to visit.

Wang Zeng has been ill for a few months, even if Zhao Zhen sent the imperial doctor in the palace to his mansion to stay in his mansion, Wang Zeng's condition still did not improve much, and even heard that it was serious in the last two days, so Li Zhang also hurried to visit.

After a while, Li Zhang's carriage came to the door of Wang Zeng's mansion, and then after sending his own greeting post, someone in the palace immediately came to greet him, and then Li Zhang was invited to visit Wang Zeng in the inner house, and when he saw Wang Zeng, Li Zhang almost didn't recognize it, because Wang Zeng was too thin than before.

"Dingbei Hou is here, please take a seat!" Although Wang Zeng was very thin, he was in good spirits, and when he saw Li Zhang come in, he immediately smiled and said, but he was half lying on the bed at this time, and there was an empty medicine bowl next to him, as if he had just drunk medicine.

"How is Wang Xiang feeling in his body, and His Majesty has been thinking about you, so he asked me to come to visit him on his behalf?" Li Zhang immediately stepped forward and sat on the chair in front of the bed and asked with concern, counting Wang Zeng is only sixty years old this year, and he will only be at the age of retirement in the next life, but in this era, he can be called a long life.

"Your Majesty is worried, but my illness has come and gone slowly, and it has been a little recurrent recently, I'm afraid I won't be able to share your Majesty's worries recently!" Wang Zeng seemed to feel a little tightness in his chest when he said this, and then pressed his hand to his chest and gasped a few times, until his face flushed and then subsided.

Li Zhang was even more worried when he saw this, and asked Wang Zeng's condition again, in fact, Wang Zeng was not seriously ill, but he was old, and his body had constant problems, plus political work, which also seriously affected his health.

However, Li Zhang's heart sank after hearing this, he is also a person who understands medical skills, like Wang Zeng's case, in fact, it is the normal aging of the body, and a minor illness can cause such serious consequences, so it can be seen that Wang Zeng's physical condition has reached a very bad point.

Of course, Li Zhang would definitely not say it directly, but comforted Wang Zeng again, but Wang Zeng suddenly took the initiative to ask at this time: "I heard that Your Majesty wants to rectify the rule of officials recently?" ”

"Yes, the problem of the rule of officials has been going on for a long time, and His Majesty wants to take advantage of this opportunity to rectify the rule of officials." Li Zhang also nodded and said, he knew that Wang Zeng would ask this question.

I saw that Wang Zeng pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then he spoke: "Your Majesty made this decision, is it related to Song Qi and others?" ”

"It's not all because of the twists and turns of Song Qi and others, but Your Majesty has also seen all kinds of problems in the country, so he is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate external troubles, a few days ago, His Majesty summoned me and Lu Xiang, and asked our opinions, and finally Lu Xiang suggested starting from the rule of officials, so there was a matter of rectifying the rule of officials." Li Zhang did not hide it, and immediately explained the reasons for rectifying the rule of officials.

That day, after seeing Zhao Zhen's determination to sweep away the domestic ills, Lu Yijian also helped Zhao Zhen analyze various domestic problems, and then suggested starting with the rule of officials, because officials are the tools of the emperor to rule the world, as the so-called "if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools", Zhao Zhen wants to reform the country, there must be an effective team of officials, so the rectification of the rule of officials is also put on the agenda.

"I see, I think this should be Lu Yijian's suggestion, although I don't like Lu Yijian, but I also have to admire his talent in government affairs, this person has a vicious eye, has the ability to have skills, but his virtue is despicable!" Wang Zeng is worthy of being Lu Yijian's mortal enemy, even when he praised the other party, he did not forget to be sarcastic in the end.

"Wang Xiang's guess is good, it is indeed Lu Xiang who suggested starting with the rule of officials, what advice does Wang Xiang have for this?" Li Zhang did not judge Lu Yijian's character, but asked again, Zhao Zhen invited him to visit Wang Zeng, in addition to asking about his condition, he also asked Li Zhang to listen to Wang Zeng's views on the matter of rectifying the rule of officials.

I saw that Wang Zeng pondered again for a moment at this time, and then he spoke: "The problem of the governance of officials in the Great Song Dynasty is very complicated, and the promotion of officials adopts the "grinding and surveying" system, which only talks about seniority and years, and does not talk about political achievements, which leads to officials following the rules and doing nothing, and many officials in one post lead to officials passing the buck to each other and refusing to do practical things. ”

The so-called "grinding" system, in fact, is to talk about seniority, an official wants to be promoted, not just do you make political achievements, but to talk about seniority, such as Chen Yaozuo, Wang Sui and other four people who were impeached before, if only rely on political achievements, these four people are actually not qualified to hold such an important position in power.

"What the king said is good, His Majesty is also very worried about the problems of these officials, the promotion system of officials must be changed, and the grinding system must also be abolished, and then everything will be promoted according to political performance, and at the same time special officials will be sent to evaluate the performance of officials, and a set of effective regulations will be formed, so as to completely change the current situation." Li Zhang also nodded at this time.

"But in this way, it will touch the interests of many people, is Your Majesty ready?" Wang Zeng said with a heavy face at the moment.

Although there are big problems with the grinding system, after all, it has been implemented for so many years, and there are many officials who have benefited from the grinding and survey, and even many officials have survived for so many years.