The first court meeting after the new emperor's accession to the throne lasted for three hours, and a series of major reform measures were announced at this court meeting, and the innovative measures made every official either excited or preoccupied, and everyone knew their joys and sorrows, so that the news of salary increases for middle and low-level officials was not taken seriously, xt

In the imperial study, Zhang Huan was really a little exhausted, but the thick stack of folds on the imperial case was like an invisible whip that whipped him from behind, so that he didn't dare to slack off.

"Your Majesty, Daochang Li is here." The eunuch An Zhongshun interrupted Zhang Huan's train of thought in a low voice.

"Ask him to come in." Zhang Huan remembered that he had summoned Li Mi, he smiled apologetically, put down the pen, and the originally planned two-hour court meeting was delayed to three hours, which meant that Li Mi had been waiting outside for more than an hour.

"Your Majesty!" After Li Mi entered the house, he gave a deep salute, he was still dressed as a Taoist priest, dressed in an apricot yellow gossip robe, wearing a bamboo crown, and a peach wood sword on his back, his outfit appeared in the Daming Palace, others did not know him, and thought that this was a real person who was invited to see feng shui and set the direction of a certain mountain and a certain cave, but he did not know that he was now the emperor's number one staff, such as the plan of the land and acres of land that caused an uproar at today's court meeting, it was from the hands of this duke, if the world knew the poison of this duke, I'm afraid that his plan for the rest of his life will be completely ruined.

"Mr. Li, please be seated!" Zhang Huan smiled and poured him a cup of herbal tea to comfort the Taoist priest's staff who had been waiting for two hours under the scorching sun, "Mr. Li has lunch?" If not, I'll ask the people below to prepare a little more. ”

Li Mi's lips were thirsty and his stomach was on fire, although the emperor poured him tea with his own hands. He also unceremoniously took it and took a few big sips, and when the liver fire was extinguished, he was a little refreshed, and he was so frightened that he quickly stood up and confessed. "Don't dare to bother Your Majesty, the minister has already had lunch."

"Sir is my father, so I don't need to be polite in front of me."

Although the emperor is polite, Li Yu knows that Zhang Huan has many parents! At least half of the DPRK and China are all of them, don't they all need to be polite? The reason why Li Mi was able to be a cloth and cloth minister under several generations of emperors. And to retreat all over the body to live a life like a crane in the clouds, not only is he outstanding, but also related to his understanding of the emperor's psychology, although in history Lixian corporal emperors abound, but most of them are just a gesture, the emperor can be virtuous, but the virtuous can not be arrogant, xt has been so hot that his head is dizzy, and he drank the tea poured by His Majesty in a daze, although it does not hurt to do it by chance, but if he is not conscious, and then continue to eat the meal invited by the emperor, I am afraid that he will really get a certain mountain and a certain cave to be a real person.

Zhang Huan saw that he refused to eat, and he was not reluctant. He sat back in his place and said with a smile: "I announced today that the Lord of the Land is also the God of Wealth, and sure enough, it has caused a loud resonance in the DPRK and the Central Committee, and I have ordered the Ministry of Officials to promote a group of cadres from all over the country, first go to Beijing to train for three months, and then go to various places to take office, I have calculated that this matter can be completed before the winter comes." ”

Li Mi also smiled and said: "It stands to reason that at the beginning of the new system, it should be tried in one place for a few years, and then implemented nationwide after accumulating experience. But His Majesty is anxious about this matter, and the minister will not mention the trial matter, but the principle of prudence and caution can not be lost, the minister is most worried that the system itself is good, but in the hands of the specific executor, it has changed its taste, and it has become a law that harms the people, so the supervision and rotation methods after the fact must keep up, so that the system will not change due to the replacement. ”

Zhang Huan nodded silently, a good system will not change due to substitution. Li Mi's sentence is to the point. He pondered for a moment and then said: "The method of land supervision is going to use a combination of the imperial history inspection and the secret inspection of the supervision office, and as for the rotation system, I plan to change it after the first three years. Give them time to lay a good foundation, and then change it every two years, and implement the exit review, including the supervision of the imperial history and the submission of the letter of the people, is it appropriate? ”

Hearing the four words of Minkuang's submission, Li Mi couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty is cautious in his thinking, and the minister is ashamed of himself." ”

"Sir, you don't have to be humble." Zhang Huan smiled, changed the topic and said: "I invited Mr. here today mainly to discuss the dismissal of redundant officials, of course, this should be discussed by the political affairs hall, but I still want to ask Mr. to come up with ideas, not only to achieve the goal, but also to show no traces, and let all the laid off people have nothing to say, what good way can Mr. teach me?" ”

Li Mi was silent for a while, he knew that Zhang Huan's reciprocal was because of the bloated imperial court institutions, serious overcrowding, and frequent shirking, which made it difficult to implement the decree, but on the other hand, he also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the reciprocal to clear the power of the family and make room for a large number of poor children to enter the government in the future, but because the power of the family was very sensitive, he wanted to carry it out unassumingly, but the reciprocal cut involved the interests of all aspects, how could it be low-key, which really made Li Mi feel a little difficult.

After pondering for a long time, Li Mi finally said slowly: "The minister thinks that no matter who is laid off, he must first set a principle, so that people can be convinced." ”

"I don't know what Mr. Ten's principle means?" Zhang Huan asked quietly again.

"Fair!" Li Mi finally said these two words with difficulty, he thinks that Zhang Huan's single-minded efforts to cut off the power of the family are a bit extreme, after all, most of the world's talents are concentrated in the family, and people should use their talents, not to look at their background, this is the broad-minded move, and it is indeed a small loss to drive good talents for the sake of the family, and the children of the poor family are not a new famous family after decades of serving as high-ranking officials, so if you want to eliminate the influence of the family, improving the system is the long-term way.

"Fair?" Zhang Huan chewed the meaning of these two words carefully, and gradually, he began to understand Li Yudi's painstaking work, and after pondering for a long time, Zhang Huan reluctantly nodded, "Okay, I will do it according to Mr. 's principle this time, and use the method of the exam to drive away the bad and retain the good." Speaking of this, Zhang Huan smiled slightly: "Since I became the emperor, I have gone out of the palace to call for a tsunami, and I am not at all as comfortable and relaxed as before. ”

Li Mi also laughed and said: "The minister is willing to secretly visit the talents on behalf of His Majesty, and the minister also suggests that this subject examination may be used to adopt the vague name system, first test the talents, and then check the virtues, so as to eliminate the possibility of black-box operations." ”

Zhang Huan nodded, he once studied in the Zhang family's academy and knew the importance of fame, but it was not conducive to examining the virtue of scholars.

It is indeed difficult to take care of both, but Zhang Huan has taken into account the interests of the children of the poor family, and this suggestion can be submitted to the prime ministers for consultation.

At this moment, An Zhongshun's report came from the door, "Your Majesty, Pei Mingyuan asks to see you." ”

Zhang Huan was stunned, today Pei Ying wanted to go back to his parents' house to coordinate the dispute between the head of the Pei family, he didn't go back to the house to prepare, he came to find out what he was doing, thinking about it, Zhang Huan still immediately ordered: "Announce his audience!" ”

"Your Majesty summoned Doctor Pei Mingyuan to meet you!"

Doctor Qingguanglu is Pei Mingyuan's loose official name, his official is the land and acres of the superintendent, from the third rank, but if the work needs to transfer him to be a household servant, then it becomes the fourth rank of the lower rank, this is not a job transfer, but a demote, so in order to prevent this from happening, there is a supplement to the rank of the loose official, in order to clarify his actual official status, generally speaking, the loose official mostly refers to seniority, so from another point of view, the loose official is similar to the modern title, such as military rank, police rank, etc., the civil official is the official rank of the civil official, and its specific tenure is separated.

Although Pei Mingyuan is Zhang Huandi's confidant and one of the five tigers of Longyou, he is also the same as Du Mei and others, he has not been recorded in the Ministry of Officials, and his position of Sima belongs to Zhang Huan's private award, to put it bluntly, he is a staff member who wants to work, so he was suddenly promoted to the supervisor of the land from Sanpin, in order to prevent other officials from disobeying, and also for his work to be carried out smoothly, Zhang Huan specially awarded him Qingguanglu Doctor, which is equivalent to his previous experience in Longyou is also counted as his official qualifications.

In this way, Pei Mingyuan ascended to the sky in one step and became a high-ranking official second only to Xiangguo, and most of this kind of one-step ascension to the sky will only appear when the new emperor ascends the throne, as for the influence of his status in the Pei family after his status rises, I will talk about it slowly in the future.

After a while, Pei Mingyuan hurriedly entered the imperial study under the guidance of the eunuch, and when he saw that Li Yu was also there, he nodded slightly, and then gave Zhang Huanshen a salute, "Minister Pei Mingyuan sees Your Majesty." ”

Zhang Huan smiled, "Our land lord is in such a hurry, are you here to ask me for the land temple?" ”

The people in the room were all amused by the emperor's humor, only the living room Lang Dongfang Yun frowned slightly, but he wrote a sentence in his pen, the new land and acres supervisor ordered him to meet, and the emperor knew that he was worried about the official office.

At this time, Li Mi stood up and said goodbye: "Your Majesty, the minister will not disturb Your Majesty, please retire." ”

Zhang Huan nodded, and after he left, he pointed to his seat and said to Pei Mingyuan: "Sit down!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Pei Mingyuan sat down and immediately got straight to the point: "The minister's hurried arrival has nothing to do with the matter of the land and acres of land, the minister wants to recommend a person, this person is proficient in Western weapons, and the minister thinks that since His Majesty wants to prepare for the war, then he can contribute to His Majesty's plan." ”

"Who do you recommend?" Zhang Huan's waist slowly straightened, and his face was solemn.

"Does Your Majesty remember? Chen once said that there was a person who had studied weapons in the Great Food Military for many years. ”

"You mean Zhang Huan suddenly understood who he was referring to.

Pei Mingyuan nodded solemnly and said slowly: "What the minister is referring to is Du Huan." ”

(It is rumored that Du Huan did serve the Great Food military in Dashi, inventing a fire-repellent plate to deal with Greek fire, but because of his escape, Dashi's research failed.) ）