The Yellow River has been plagued for a long time, and often bursts its embankments into disasters, but since the Han Dynasty, the Yellow River has been relatively safe after several relatively large floods and diversions, and after Wang Jing's governance, there has been a relatively peaceful flow in the next few hundred years.

When entering the Sui Dynasty, unless it entered the summer heavy rain and flood season, the tributaries of the Yellow River and some weak areas of the embankment would burst individual embankments, otherwise there would be no large-scale flood disasters.

This year's rain is indeed heavier than in previous years, and the river embankment was not repaired in a timely manner, so it did not attract great attention, and the flood was merciless, and it was good luck not to cause disaster.

At this moment, the Imperial City Imperial Study has gathered many important members of the political hall.

"This Pei Chang really deserves to be killed, talent!" The eldest grandson Wuji snorted coldly, and after listening to His Majesty say what he saw and heard when he went out on patrol, he was indignant at what Pei Chang had done.

"It's too much!" Fang Xuanling was also annoyed.

Wei Zheng arched his hand and said: "As the imperial historian of the Imperial Historical Observatory, he did not monitor it in time, but His Majesty was the first to find out about this matter, and the ministers were negligent, please punish Your Majesty." ”

If it weren't for His Majesty's micro-service patrol, which happened to encounter this kind of homeless situation, this matter might drag on for a few days, then the situation would be even more severe, and the opportunity for rescue would be missed.

Luo Zhaoyun muttered: "This is Pei Chang's corruption and dereliction of duty, and Liu Yan shielding his relatives and deceiving his superiors and subordinates, which is the cause of the crime." The supervision of the Imperial History Observatory has just been in operation for a year, and the supervision of the imperial history and local institutions in various places has not yet been established, and the news has lagged behind, and it is understandable that it has not been detected. However, this also just shows that the Imperial Historical Inspectorate, the Taiwan Courtyard, and the Imperial Palace are weak, and they can't find out about the problems in the capital in time, so they should introspect themselves! ”

"Your Majesty's words are reasonable, and the ministers should keep them in mind and strengthen the setting and expansion of the Imperial Historical Observatory." Wei Zheng said nothing, stood aside, and listened to the other officials in the political hall.

Gao Shilian, who is also a servant of the left servant and a secretary of the household department, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, saving people is like fighting a fire, when you send officials, holding the imperial court pardon letter, I feel that Feng Yi County and Huayin County and other places, organize local officials, open warehouses and release grain, resettle refugees in disaster areas, and then repair the Yellow River embankment, every step is equally important, and it needs to be completed quickly." ”

"Gao Shangshu is clearly organized and to the point!"

"What Shang Shu said is very true, and the minister agrees."

Sun Shunde, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Du Ruhui, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and others all agreed with Gao Shilian's statement.

Luo Zhaoyun pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's similar to my idea, opening a warehouse to release grain and relieving refugees, this is a must-do, followed by the rapid repair of the broken river embankment, which is also urgent." But beyond that, there are a few things to find out. ”

"Your Majesty, please."

Luo Zhaoyun's face was a little cold, and he said: "First, send someone to bring the holy decree over, first dismissed the positions of Pei Chang, the commander of Huayin County, and Liu Yan, the commander of Feng Yi County, and then handed over to the Ministry of Officials, Dali Siqing, and Yushitai to send people to investigate in detail the corruption case of the Huayin County Order, how to fake the public and private interests, and be greedy for the money of the river repair workers, and be sure to put the crime in prison, I want to have ironclad evidence, and severely punish the two, so as to give an explanation to the people in the disaster area!" ”

"As it should be!" Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others all agreed with this.

After a pause, Luo Zhaoyun continued: "Secondly, the household department will check the remaining treasury, in addition to the necessary expenses required for the war, there is also the money that cannot be moved, except how much money can be used for disaster relief. In addition, send people to expedite 800 miles to the Yongfeng warehouse near Tongguan to check the Yongfeng warehouse, if there is a surplus there, the grain and rice can be operated in Fengyi County to relieve the refugees, the efficiency is faster, and there is no need to transfer the trouble of transporting around. ”

"Your Majesty is thoughtful." After hearing this, the eldest grandson Shunde and others all felt that His Majesty was more careful and really cared about government affairs.

Luo Zhaoyun hesitated, frowned again, and said: "There is one more thing, send people along the waters of the Yellow River, all the way down, to see how the disaster situation along the river is, this year's rain is much more than in previous years, the flood season is coming, if there are also floods in the middle and lower reaches, this matter, the pressure on the imperial court will be even greater." ”

Gao Shilian nodded, "That's true." A Yellow River has flooded for thousands of years, and in all dynasties, what year has the people not suffered from the Yellow River? In the 30 years since the founding of the previous dynasty, every year the Yellow River, Huai River, Fen River, Weishui, and Yangtze River have entered the flood season, and there will be disasters in a few places, and the difference is only the difference in size. Your Majesty has the merit of founding the country, appeased the people in the troubled times, and created a happy land, which has made great merit, although there are natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Yellow River, but there is no fault of Your Majesty, please Your Majesty does not have to come over so to blame yourself. ”

When Luo Zhaoyun heard this, he knew that Gao Shilian was comforting him, and at the same time, he was also picking out the mistakes of the emperor and the imperial court, and the specific corrupt and dereliction of duty local officials were responsible, so that the mistakes of the center of the imperial court could be reversed.

Borrowing the slope to get off the donkey, Luo Zhaoyun did not say anything more to blame himself, but turned to Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui and said: "There is a shortage of people in Yushitai, so the supervision is often not timely and not in place, and the supervision of Chang'an City and Beijing officials is still inadequate, and the supervision of local officials is even more difficult. ”

In ancient times, officials were a collective name, in fact, officials were officials, officials were officials, and there were only a few people who could really be officials and have ranks. The daily operation of the central and local institutions of the imperial court mainly depends on officials, and all kinds of officials are doing things, such as personnel who specialize in handling various documents and handling specific affairs, and ordinary officials who are engaged in technical work or other miscellaneous affairs.

Compared with later generations, it is somewhat similar to civil servants and career editors, but not exactly similar.

Historically, the bureaucracy was a very large and complex team, and if we look at it according to the hierarchical sequence of the bureaucratic system, the officials are divided into central and local, as well as internal hierarchical norms and work duties, which are also an integral part of the bureaucratic system. Although officials are different from officials, they are not in the company of ordinary people; Between the government and the people, there happened to be a class of officials.

To put it bluntly, the establishment of officials is limited and the number is small, but all departments and institutions must operate, and there cannot be only those few officials to deal with large and small affairs, so it is necessary to hire various roles, such as sword and pen officials, prison officials, prison officials, head catchers, etc., and also eat public food, and take the imperial court, but they are not officials, and there is no rank, and they can be appointed by the localities themselves.

Du Ruhui replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the system of Xu officials has been formulated, and there are several mechanisms for promotion and selection, such as local talents, who can pass the Xu official examination and be the lowest local official, and the person can be a high-level Xu official, and after entering the list, the title is different, and some Jinshi who have failed to make the list can also be Xu officials in the capital and various states, and they also have to go through a policy examination......

One item has been said, the rules have been cleared, and the whole system has been relatively perfect.

Luo Zhaoyun listened patiently, this set of methods for selecting officials is somewhat similar to the civil service examination in later generations, which is quite reasonable.

If we go back to the source, the system of officials was extended in the Tang Dynasty and developed to the Song, Ming, Yuan, and Qing dynasties, and it was already quite a corrupt class, and there were often 'corrupt officials' among the people, whether it was an official or an official, once they had power, the problem of corruption might appear.

Therefore, Luo Zhaoyun has made some changes to the system of officials in terms of selection, assessment, appointment and dismissal, it doesn't matter whether they are officials or officials, they are all included in the bureaucratic team, but the difficulty and method of being selected for the post are different, and the treatment enjoyed is different, all of which need to be assessed and entered for the record by the local government and the imperial court. It is also necessary to strengthen supervision, standardization, legalization, and transparency, and make good use of officials, so that the imperial court can be stable.