Wang Shu is still alive?!

That's great!

Not only Zhu Houzhao thought so, but Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and other officials who were determined to reform the rule of officials were all pleasantly surprised.

And Liu Jin! This big eunuch who also wants to do a career!

Zhu Houzhao looked at each other and smiled at Liu Jin, Ma Wensheng, Jiao Fang, Xu Jin and others, and suddenly felt that the new policy of reforming the rule of officials discussed at that time suddenly had the confidence to be implemented immediately!

Of course, there are also many officials who are unhappy, and they all muttered to themselves.

"Now the Manchu officials will have a hard time in the future, Wang Shu has always been known for his extremely strict inspection, and he doesn't talk about the relationship regardless of the hometown! Don't give face yet! ”

"The prince is not dead, the old man wants to die!"

"As soon as Wang Shu arrives, I should have to write my resignation!"

……

Even Zuodu Yu Shi Dai Shan couldn't help but touch his nose: "The prince is not dead, but it is a blessing for the country, but I don't know if he is still deaf and clear?" ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't care about the dislike of some officials towards Wang Shu, he didn't think about it now, so he ordered: "Guo Rong, go and help the prince enter the palace!" ”

In fact.

Before, Zhu Houzhao was worried that Wang Shu was old and in a hurry to get into trouble, so he also issued an edict at that time, after Wang Shu received the documents, he could choose to be escorted into Beijing by the Absolute Sound Guard, or he could choose to enter Beijing by himself, in short, there was no need to rush to the road, his body was important.

Wang Shu may really want to see the mountains and rivers in the way of tourism to the city and visit the local officials by the way, maybe he is a northerner and has lived for more than 90 years and is naturally well-informed, but he is afraid that he will guess that he will be more auspicious when he enters Beijing, so he played a golden cicada shell plan, he first rode a donkey into Beijing on a small road, and let the person who escorted him take the road to carry the coffin into Beijing, I am afraid that it is really not for himself, there is no irony.

In any case, Wang Shu is now in Beijing.

Wang Shu, who entered Beijing, also heard about the murder of the monarch in the capital, but he had seen a lot of major events at his age, and he was also very indifferent, and he did not cry because none of his servants were spared, but his face was still calm.

But when Zhu Houzhao saw him enter the main hall, he could also see that this Wang Shufang had a thick face and thick eyebrows, and he was impersonal at all, and he was a ruthless character.

However, Zhu Houzhao still asked: "Wang Qing, can you still eat?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister can still eat rice and three catties of meat!"

Wang Shu replied.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "I have heard for a long time that the king has eaten an amazing amount of food, and now it seems that it is not a false rumor, let's eat, if I have eaten, I will no longer give a banquet, and I will give it in the future, let's talk about business first." ”

"It has been used, thank Your Majesty for the heart of the banquet, please forgive it in the future, the minister is not used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the palace, and he is also worried about eating poor Your Majesty!"

Wang Shu seemed to be very considerate of Zhu Houzhao and didn't want Zhu Houzhao to waste because of himself, but when he said it, he also had a hint of humor, which made Zhu Houzhao happy again.

The other officials laughed because of this, and the atmosphere of the whole court was also a lot lighter.

Zhu Houzhao originally thought that Wang Shu was a Wei Zheng-style character, serious without any humor, and he himself may not have the good endurance of Tang Taizong, but now that he sees that Wang Shu is not so old-fashioned, he has a good impression of Wang Shu, and said:

"Then let's discuss the business first, you came just in time, and now you are talking about a large number of shortages of officials, as for why there is a shortage, you will know that you will know after you retire from the dynasty and buy a copy of the Emperor's Ming Bao, you are the secretary of the ministry, naturally you can't miss you, for a large number of shortages of officials, you naturally have to make up for it, and you have to elect officials, and I already have an idea!

"Now that there are a large number of vacancies of officials, you can first directly select those who can be officials from the Guozi Prison Supervisor and the members of the family, but the way of selecting officials must be changed, and you can't rely on the selection of the Wen Xuan Division according to the amount of money and the relationship between them, and the past evaluation can be used as a reference;

However, for officials who request to be reinstated and scholars who apply for official positions, an examination must be conducted, which will be tried out by the central government first, and this examination will be tentatively called the Central Civil Officials Election Examination, which will be the first in the first year of Zhengde and once a year thereafter;

The various ministries and yamen in Beijing will report the missing official quotas and the number of officials to the ministry, and the officials will organize the official examination, and the candidates can choose which yamen and which position to take the official position, but the examination should be divided into a written test and an interview, and the written test is organized by the ministry, but according to the different papers of each ministry and each yamen, the papers naturally cannot be exactly the same, and the interview is organized by the officials of the ministry and the officials of the various ministries and yamen to conduct interviews with officials who refer to a certain yamen! ”

Zhu Houzhao said and then ordered: "Now you understand, that is to say, the next selection of officials from among the scholars is not the business of one department of the Ministry of Officials, and each of your ministries and yamen must also have a special person in charge, only in this way can the selected officials ensure that they are truly suitable for a certain official position, so as not to spoil the major affairs of the imperial court!" ”

What Zhu Houzhao said is actually almost equivalent to the civil service examination system in later generations.

It stands to reason that Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, and the power to appoint and dismiss officials is his emperor alone, but if the officials below do not agree, they can naturally advise him.

However, at this time, the civil officials did not dare to disobey Zhu Houzhao, and for them, in fact, it was to make the way of selecting officials by the Ministry of Officials become the way to select officials through examinations, which was equivalent to taking away the rights and interests of the Ministry of Officials, and also increased the rights and interests of other departments to participate in the selection of officials, so it naturally did not matter to the officials of other departments, so it depended on Wang Shu's opinion.

Of course, the one who has the most opinion on this should be the official of the Ministry of Officials, but the official position of the Ministry of Officials is too small, and he is not qualified to complain about the power he is about to lose, and the only people who can fight for him are the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the officials of the Ministry of Justice.

But now, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials is Jiao Fang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials Wang Ao Ding is worried at home, and the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology have almost been killed, so they can only see whether Wang Shu of the Ministry of Officials will fight for it.

When he heard Zhu Houzhao say this, he immediately said: "The method of examination and selection that Your Majesty said is really a good government for the benefit of the country and the people!" In the past, it was inevitable that there would be some omissions in the selection of officials based only on experience and practice, after all, it was not necessary to know how people were competent or not, and it would be several years too late to investigate them after taking office, and this move could also avoid the disadvantages of the officials' personal interests! ”

"Since this is the case, Wang Qing began to prepare for this matter after retiring from the court! First of all, we will open the example of the election of civil officials in the first Ming Dynasty, and then talk about the reform of official governance after the completion of the supplementary officials! ”

Zhu Houzhao said and said: "There are other officials in various ministries, they should report the vacant amount to the ministry as soon as possible, and at the same time, arrange the candidates and the papers of the examination, and do not keep it confidential, this examination should be as strict as the township examination!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

The officials present all responded.

Zhu Hou looked at the sky, although it was sunrise, but he did not announce his retreat from the court, he decided to delay the hall: "I have another will, the Ministry of Rites!" ”

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's voice fell, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other two attendants from the Ministry of Rites all stood up: "The minister is here!" ”

"Spread the word to the world, Zhengde held a meeting in the first year to try Enke, in order to facilitate the people who are far away from the capital, this year Enke was postponed to April, in order to make up for the lack of officials to be elected, and it is also a thirsty move for me to seek talents, in addition, this time Enke, the number of places in the examination will be increased by one hundred!"

After Zhu Houzhao finished his instructions, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and others hurriedly complied with the order, and for the civil officials, they naturally wanted to hold more scientific examinations, after all, this would be conducive to more children of their own family to be admitted to the Jinshi, but because of this, the civil officials and scholars left behind Zhu Houzhao who killed countless civil officials and gentry through the murder of the monarch.