Three days later, the Ministry of Household submitted a request for the promulgation of the regulations, passed the court meeting, and promulgated it from now on, and since then the curtain has been opened on a national scale.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the new policy, Zhang Juzheng asked the inspector to pass the examination to improve the actual government, and it was also passed. Since then, all the errands assigned by the peak and the official affairs of the church must be completed by a special person and within a time limit. Everything done must be recorded in a book, in triplicate, one for self-keeping, one for the six departments for auditing, and one for the cabinet supervision, so as to be inspected and verified that this is the yamen of the capital. The same is true for the local government, each province must keep an account book, also in triplicate, but the task of auditing is entrusted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In the future, all official promotions, awards, or exemptions, whether at the central government or at the premises, will be based on this file. There are exams and years, and it is all based on black and white words, and no one can be sloppy.

The change was very simple, but the results were immediate. Since its implementation, the major yamen in the capital have swept away the tired, demonic mushroom style of doing things in the past. Every time they take over a matter, the officials concerned no longer dare to perfunctory and procrastinate, but immediately carry it out without delay, lest they "write down their bad deeds in the merit examination book and cut off the road to promotion."

In this way, the cabinet controlled the six ministries through the six sections, and the provinces through the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and finally controlled the loose and sloppy officials in the world.

In March of the first year of Wanli, the expansion of the household department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was completed, and then led by the main seat, and went to the provinces to supervise a whip law.

There is no doubt that "from the Nine Grades of Zhongzheng to the Imperial Examination, from the Theory of Individualism to the Meritorious Examination, it is a great progress." Especially after the Song and Ming dynasties, as the imperial examination became the right path, the mobility of the class increased greatly, the sons of the big officials could no longer be big officials, and the common people also had the opportunity to jump into the dragon gate.

In this way, the talents of the world have a fair competition and a chance to get ahead, and the talents of the world are also vying to serve the imperial court, which greatly strengthens the stability and durability of the dynasty's rule, which is naturally excellent.

However, everything is the opposite, and for a long time, it will be cheating.

At the beginning of the country, the system of employing people was divided into three ways: the first was the branch A, the second was the supervisor, and the third was the official. This is the so-called "three-way combination." Most of the high-ranking officials in the court came from the first two, and later because the quality of the prisoners declined, the jinshi became the right way, especially the senior officials all entered the life experience of the scholars, so the officials of the branch were their own people, and the life experience of the people and prisoners was "discriminated against, and the life experience of the officials was even worse."

Therefore, the officials have no way to advance, and they are willing to abandon themselves, and they will never take up their posts easily. Their only goal is to be admitted to the soil, and if they pass the examination, they will have a future in the future.

If you don't pass the exam, you will prepare to retake the exam in three years. In such a way, one subject after another, I exhausted my spiritual talent all my life, just to be able to be named on the gold list. Many people have taken the exam all their lives, their hair is all white, their teeth are gone, and they are still persevering.

If the imperial examination can really select talents, it is fine, but the dogmatic examination of the four books, five classics and eight strands of literature is destined to be a book idiot except for a very small number of geniuses with excellent IQ. These people have no ability to do government affairs themselves, and most of them have exhausted their energy and vigor in the layers of examinations. He is old and has no intention of studying, only thinking about how to compensate for the hardships he has endured in the past.

Wasting energy and "burying no talents, most of the selected officials are elderly, and the curtain is gloomy" and only thinking about promotion and making a fortune, the imperial examination system has become a great harm to the rule of officials. I don't know how many days the official Shoufu "wanted to reverse this situation, so that the promotion of the banquet hall was not based on life experience, but only based on political achievements, but without exception, all failed."

The silent predecessor, the prime minister Gao Gong during the Longqing period, once proposed that there were many people who raised people as famous ministers at the beginning of the country, and later they would pay more attention to Jinshi and despise lifting people, and the disadvantages were accumulating day by day. This was an insightful proposal, but it was not carried out by means of high arches. Now it was Shen Mo's turn to do this, he didn't issue the words of the assassin officer, but he did a lot silently.

He knew that the reason why Gao Gong and the previous officials failed was because the group of Kejia officials, who were vested interests, were extremely vigilant and resolutely resisted any failure of their monopoly on their official positions and grabbing food. If a person wants to fight with a group, even the emperor will not succeed, and the only way is to disintegrate the group and let the controversy and even the struggle arise within the group. Only in this way can we find the allies and win the struggle.

Shen Mo did exactly this, after the Nanjing Prison Rebellion, he changed to Guozijian education, the first step is to optimize the source of students, first stop accepting donated prisoners, which is the root cause of the decline in the quality of prisoners.

Only students recommended by the provincial academic administration, as well as the children of the Minister of Enyin, are accepted. The system of this dynasty, for the sons of ministers, has Wenyin or Wuyin. After the minister's meritorious service or the expiration of a few years, he can be shaded as usual. Wen Yin was appointed as a supervisor of the country from the time Yin Yizi joined the country, and was directly awarded an official after graduation. is like Yan Shifan and Xu Bo, the son of Xu Jie, both of whom took this path.

However, for the official career, this kind of shaded status is not only not a big road, but an obstacle. It is because Yan Shifan is so powerful that he is not allowed to enter the cabinet and take charge of the cardinal, Xu Dun just became the Shilang of the Ministry of Industry, he was impeached and had to go to the official to return to his hometown.

The reason for this is that the officials with the background of the prisoners are generally of low status, and the number of people who can climb to high positions by relying on their fathers and brothers is very small, so they lack natural allies, and it is difficult to survive in the land of the division officials.

Now Shen Mo is committed to improving the quality of education of the inmates, and after improving the source of students, he has restored the original rigorous academic system of points and internships, and hired famous teachers to sit in the classroom. Beijing Guozijian was led by Xu Wei, Chen Shaoru, Chen Ying, Yue Xi, Hua Cha, Wang Shizhen, Xu Zhongxing, Li Zhen, etc.: Nanjing Guozijian was led by Geng Xiangxiang, Yan Shannong, Lin Yuntong, Ke Weixia, Zhang Xianyi, Lin Tingji, He Xinyin, Yu Yunwen, Feng Yue and other well-known Confucians at that time were divided and taught.

For the sake of their own children, the officials will not veto this good governance of Shoufu-sama. And the great Confucians also sang praises for him because they were valued and respected. Of course, those who have not yet passed the rank will feel anxious, especially those who repeatedly fail the exam, and regard it as the reason for their failure. Almost every year, I have to make trouble about this,

But this time, "the imperial court announced that the imperial examination would be held for two consecutive years, and all the noise immediately disappeared."

Therefore, silence can have a more pleasant mood and practice for the graduates of Beijing Guozijian. It was a rare good weather that day, the sun replaced the cold wind, swept away the bitter cold of winter, and silently spoke to the seventy-eight graduates and more than five hundred school supervisors under the Sangong Huai.

"The imperial courts of all dynasties selected talents and contributed to the country, and they should not talk about their life experience and meritocracy!"

This dynasty is even more virtuous, but it is useful. When Emperor Taizu Gao, the way of employing people was the widest, monks,

Dao, soap, salty to Jiuqing, pastoral, shou, minister Yinzi, to eight, Jiuqing, also not a wisp. However, after Xuande, the only heavy Jinshi a subject "although the township raises the annual tribute, do not dare to compete with it, and the minister is engraced, the high one is only awarded to the staff of the five prefectures, and the distant county is guarded, even if there is Zhuo Qiwei's talent, if he does not follow the subject background, he will not be allowed to enter the hall in the end, and he will not be able to carry out his ambition for the rest of his life

After a silent remark, he outlined the declining status of the prisoners in the past two hundred years."

caused the audience to be sad. Then he changed his words and said loudly: "There have always been people, this is because of the exclusion of the branch officer." I believe that even now, there are many people who think this way. But I tell you that this is very wrong. You must know that in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was both a prisoner and a jinshi. At that time, the prison students, who had undergone strict education and were familiar with government affairs, said that they were far stronger than Jinshi. So much so that later, "the imperial examination was not held for ten years in the dynasty, and all the court officials took prisoners, and the famous ministers and officials at that time were all prisoners." If you want to be excluded, it should be that you are squeezed out of the jinshi, how can you squeeze and squeeze, and be caught up by others? Obviously, the reason for this has to be found elsewhere! ”

"In this, there are not only the reasons of the imperial court, but also their own reasons. On the part of the imperial court, due to the financial crisis, donations were allowed to enroll students, the school system was shortened, and the number of teachers was reduced, which were all objective reasons for the decline in the standard of prison students. However, the most fundamental thing is the self-indulgence of the prisoners, whether it is a shadow student or a tribute student, they can be the pride of the sky, after entering the Guozi Prison, they think that the future is worry-free, and the green clouds are just around the corner. began to indulge in pleasure, abandoned his studies, mixed in the national prison for a few years, except for wine and wealth, he didn't learn any knowledge, and when he entered the officialdom, how to compete with those who had been selected at various levels and only came out of the thousands of troops. ”

"So it has been marginalized for decades, and it is the fault of the court and themselves that they have complained about other people's science and branch officials." After a pause, Shen Mo continued: "But since the first year of Longqing, the imperial court has corrected its problems, and I believe that everyone knows this better than anyone else. Yes, the 75 people who are able to graduate today are not inferior to those noncommissioned officers in terms of knowledge, and they are even better than them in actual government affairs. Now I give you the opportunity to show your talents, although it is lower than that of the non-commissioned officer, the results of the people are tested layer by layer, which is a kind of achievement in itself, and they should not be dissatisfied. But I guarantee that since the moment they embark on their careers, they don't talk about their life experience, they only look at their political achievements! Regardless of whether it is a section officer or a prison officer, the only criterion for the assessment is that the book of examination accounts is deleted in black and white, and no one can make trouble! As long as they are excellent and rank among the best in the exam every year, naturally no one will stop the promotion, and it is possible to go to the cabinet to pay respects to the prime minister in the future! ”

"I'm here today, so much, not for you, but also for myself. You may not know how much pressure I put on to revive the country. If they can't argue, I'll blame you. It doesn't matter, the key is that the Guozijian, which is easy to reinvigorate, will become a flash in the pan. No one will speak for you, and there will be no second chance. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and if you want to make the signboard of Guozijian as bright as the imperial examination scholars, you have to pay ten times the effort of the imperial examination officials. ”

"God helps those who help themselves, what will be the responsibility of the Guozijian in the future, and what will be the future of the prisoners, the mystery lies in each of them."

For those who have already graduated, those who are about to graduate, and those who want to continue their studies, keep in mind their respective missions, and work together for a better tomorrow! ”

After the meeting was dismissed, Shen Mo went to Xu Wei's duty room to rest, Xu Fatzi shook his head and said, "There is not a single sentence of loyalty and patriotism, diligence and compassion for the people, all of them are official careers, futures, and fates. "The world was originally a mundane world." Shen Mo pouted and said, "I don't want me to come here so easily, just talk empty words." ”

"This is," Xu Wei said, "I see those prisoners, their eyes are red, as long as they are not insensitive, this time, they will have to be used for several years." ”

"I hope so." "Whether they can gain a foothold or not, the next few years will be the key." In the three major battles of implementing the rules and regulations, clearing the acres of fields, and sorting out the finances, I don't know how many officials will fall and how many new stars will rise. In addition, from the imperial court everywhere, they have to expand their establishment, and if they can control the opportunity, they will be able to establish their own status, if they can't control it," he sighed lightly, "I'm afraid it will really be a flash in the pan." ”

"That would be too bad. Xu Wei said with his gray beard: "I have spent my whole life on this matter, and I still expect these guys who can not only read the Four Books and the Five Classics, but also know mathematics, accounting, and logic, to kill those book idiots!" ”

In Xu Wei's life, what he hated most was the imperial examination. He was brilliant and had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but he was tortured by an eight-strand essay for more than 30 years. If it hadn't been for the silence that woke him up, I don't know what he would have become in this life? So when Shen Mo asked him to be the priest of the country and impact the way of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Wei promised without hesitation, and stayed in the country for ten years, in order to cultivate a group of talents who can apply what they have learned and help the world, proving that it is not only good writing that can be a good official! @