When Zhang Chao obtained an edict written by Emperor Li Yuan about "acting cheaply", he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Chao obtained this edict of "acting cheaply", which means that Li Yuan is supporting him and giving him a lot of rights. With this edict of cheap action, Zhang Chao was relieved a lot. If there is no such edict, then I don't know when he will be hacked! At that time, he was really dead and died in vain, and he didn't know who to sue when he went to Lord Yama. So now with this decree, the safety of life can be guaranteed.

As for the next, Zhang Chao also regathered those officials who were admitted to the imperial examination with him this year. Whoever is in Chang'an, they must be gathered. And Zhang Chao soon gathered about 60 people, all of whom were just admitted to the imperial examination this year, and they were new officials who had entered the officialdom. And Zhang Chao, as their temporary leader, also called them to the meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, not long ago, I was just like you, just admitted to the imperial examination. However, I was appreciated by the emperor and granted me the right to implement the examination law. And I hope that everyone can cooperate well and then help me complete the promotion of this test method! Zhang Chao said.

The reason why Zhang Chao chose these people who had just been admitted to the imperial examination was because these people were all scholars from poor families, and they were not from a scholar family. You must know that during the Tang Dynasty, the scholars still occupied the mainstream of the upper echelons of officialdom. When those scholars reach a certain age, they can also take the initiative to enter the officialdom without taking the imperial examination. The imperial examinations are only taken by some poor families, and the scholars also look down on the poor families who take the imperial examinations. Therefore, Zhang Chao called them to cooperate, that is, because these poor scholars have nothing to do with the scholars, so they will naturally not be threatened and oppressed by the scholars, they have no dealings with the scholars, and they are naturally not afraid of anything. Moreover, these scholars who have just been admitted to the imperial examination, they do not have a complex relationship network, they are all newcomers and young birds in the officialdom, and they are naturally a group of people who have no backers and no factions. With their help in themselves, they can also be very effective and immediately let them help themselves to promote this test method.

"Director Zhang, you let us come here, what do you have to do?" Someone asked right away.

And Zhang Chao recognized this person, this person is the first place in the Ming Jing Section of this imperial examination, and he is the champion of the Ming Jing Section, but there is no title of champion at present. His name is Liu Chun, and he is now serving as the chief bookkeeper of the country. And he was pulled over by Zhang Chao, so he was also Zhang Chao's subordinate for the time being.

"The first thing we need to do is to choose a department to operate!" Zhang Chao said.

As a professional reformer, Zhang Chao naturally knows very well that as a reform, the rebound is very huge. If you are not prepared, the reform will fail. Later, Deng Gong's reform experience told Zhang Chao that if you want to reform, the first step is not to fully implement it. Because the reforms that were fully implemented at the outset were bound to be opposed by those with vested interests. After all, the vigorous reform of the whole country requires the cooperation of the people of the whole country and the cooperation of various factions in the officialdom. But after all, those with vested interests will naturally not be willing to reform, so they must oppose it in the first place. If it is directly implemented nationwide, then the whole vigorous action will eventually face a situation of being stolen and replaced.

Rather than this, it is better to choose one place and one department to carry out reforms, to carry out so-called pilots. Later, Deng Gong chose a small city in the south, and then in just a few years, he created a "Shenzhen miracle". And this method of finding a pilot to carry out reform, which is not only small but flexible in operation, do not have to worry about the plate being too large and inflexible in operation, and finally cause a crash. Moreover, a small plate makes it easy to cultivate new vested interests, that is, the beneficiaries of reform. With this pilot place, the whole country can see the benefits of this reform, and then a steady stream of reform beneficiaries can be cultivated from here, and then they can have more allies who support the reform after they go to the top level, and they can also have more say in the national reform plan.

And if there is a pilot, if the pilot is successful, it can break through to the whole country in a point-by-point manner. In this way, the world will be able to form an effective synergy, and those who have vested interests will become weaker and weaker, and the supporters of the reformers will become more and more, and then those who will have vested interests in the old will eventually have to either change or gradually disappear.

At that time, Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng's reforms were all because there were not too many reform beneficiaries, so they naturally could not complete the reform. What Zhang Chao has to do is definitely to learn a lesson, and he can't directly implement it in an all-round way, which is very dangerous. As an eight-rank petty official, even if he has the emperor's edict, he can't control this plate, and the chance of collapse is certain at that time. Therefore, as long as you grasp a department to carry out reforms, it will be very helpful for the next progress.

"Director Zhang, which department are we going to arrest to carry out the operation?" Liu Chun asked.

Zhang Chao said with certainty: "Ministry of Industry, we have to seize the Ministry of Industry to start the operation!" ”

"Ministry of Works?" Liu Chun obviously didn't know why Zhang Chao chose the Ministry of Industry as the first place to go under the knife, and what was good about the Ministry of Industry.

Zhang Chao first said: "According to the situation of the six departments of our imperial court, it can be described as rich and poor. Wealth, that is, the household management of finances is rich, and the management of personnel by the ministry is also expensive. Poor, that is, it means that there is no oil and water in the Ministry of Rites, so it is also poor. And cheap is the Ministry of Engineering, which does all the cheap work in engineering. Mighty, that is, the criminal department deals with prisoners, must be very dignified. And martial arts is easy to understand, the military department manages martial affairs, which is naturally martial arts. ”

"We must first rank from the strength of these six departments, and it is easy to draw a result, the officials manage personnel, and their status is the most noble, and they are looking for death. And the military department represents the military attaché, on the other hand, it represents the other side of the text, which is also a good status. As for the household department to manage finances, the financial power is very heavy, and it is difficult to make a knife. And the criminal department is related to the prison, and the strength is not low, so this cannot be considered first. And what we can move is the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Rites is related to etiquette, if we make some trouble, then I am afraid that the whole court will criticize us on the etiquette system. You should also know the etiquette, but it's terrible! Therefore, what can be given us a choice is the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry is the weakest, and there have been no high-ranking officials, so we don't have them to operate, so who can we take the knife? ”

As a reformer, we must first choose the direction of reform, and we cannot choose important departments for reform from the beginning. If you choose an important departmental reform, the high-ranking departments will definitely rebound, and then the senior officials from this department will also start to criticize you and prevent you from reforming. Therefore, choosing the first department to open the knife means choosing some marginalized departments, which have relatively small powers, relatively low status, and have not produced any high-level officials, so that the resistance is much smaller.

The same is true of the Ministry of Industry, although they manage the national project, but in ancient times, it was different for later generations. In ancient times, they did not pay attention to engineering construction, and in ancient times, they paid attention to personnel, military, etiquette, diplomacy, finance, etc., but engineering construction was the department that received the least attention. Since ancient times, the Ministry of Industry has the least power, and the construction of projects in ancient times was not as important as that of later generations, and the possibility of a prime minister is also the lowest. This kind of power is small, and there are few high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Industry, which is the best department to use the knife. Therefore, Zhang Chao has to move the knife first, that is, he has to find the Ministry of Industry to move the knife.

"Of course, there is another reason why I chose the Ministry of Industry. That is, there are many affairs of the Ministry of Industry, all of which are construction projects. Construction engineering, this is the most consistent basis for the examination method. The examination method is a way to test your ability to do things, and there are many engineering projects in the Ministry of Engineering, which is the easiest to meet the assessment scope of the examination method, so the business of the Ministry of Engineering is the most suitable for us to promote. Other departments are not so easy to quantify, which is one of the reasons why I chose the Ministry of Engineering. ”

And those officials of the new section also had to be convinced by Zhang Chao, because Zhang Chao had thought so much in such a short time. Even the target to get the first knife has been chosen, and many people wonder if Zhang Chao is the same as them, a new science and technology scholar? You must know that those new science and technology scholars don't have much opportunity to get familiar with officialdom, but Zhang Chao is so familiar with the things in officialdom, which makes them feel very shocked. They didn't know that Zhang Chao had been an official for 20 years in his previous life, and he was very familiar with the grievances and relationships between these departments. In addition, he is a "professional reformer", so he is also quite good at reform. He learned the experience of those reformers since ancient times, including the ancient Shang Dynasty kings Anshi, Fan Zhongyan, Zhang Juzheng, etc., plus the methods of later Deng Gong, which he learned from in later generations.

So he's an expert at reforming this kind of thing. In ancient times, when talking about reform, I am afraid that no one was more experienced than Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao actually chose the Ministry of Engineering, and there is one more important reason, but he doesn't plan to say it at present, because the next situation is full of blood.

"Hmph, the reason why I chose the Ministry of Works, the last one didn't say. When the time comes, let's see how I come to a 'bloodbath' of the Ministry of Works. Zhang Chao said.