Pei Guangting's approach is similar to that of my friend, who has formulated a set of very strict standards for the promotion of officials, the core of which is mainly seniority, which is promoted by one level every year, and it is difficult to be promoted before the number of grades is reached. When the level is reached, the top ten have a chance to be promoted, and what's worse is that as long as the official does not break the law, even if the performance is very mediocre, he can still survive the qualifications and achieve a position of considerable grade.

When this set of methods came out, some people with mediocre talents and who couldn't rise for decades were very happy, calling this set of methods a "holy book", while those who were originally talented and ambitious were discouraged. Song Jing, the right prime minister of Shangshu, usually doesn't care about things, and he can't stand it at this time (remember?). Song Jing has been a secretary for a long time, so he knows the problem of strict zhòng), reminded Pei Guangting not to do this, but Pei Guangting couldn't listen, so this set of methods to hinder the creation of zào power and prevent the promotion of talents was officially implemented

It seems to make sense in the current society, and Zhang Shuo also thinks so, but you must know that in the case of an immature technological environment in China, the political system is precocious, so it can only implement a simple and uniform management model.

Everyone knows the consequences of the Song Dynasty's adoption of the conscription system, the financial burden is very large, and the bad ones can't win against others, why? It's worth pondering, many people think that the main reason is not to reuse generals, I think it's because the achievements are not visible, and the reason is definitely not just that.

Why did the Ming Dynasty implement a conservative retreat policy, because seeing that the Song Dynasty had no way out in this way!

Then many people say that after the Song Dynasty, because of the development of science, the culture was conservative, and I don't agree with this sentence.

Culture is the reaction between the organization and the society, and it is the result of the organization that will produce the result of culture.

Why should organizations be conservative? That's what we're going to take the time to understand, and that's my personal understanding of history.

Fortunately, Pei Guangting didn't have a long time to braid, and after he died, this set of dirty methods was gradually overturned, and Pei Guangting almost died because of the implementation of this set of laws.

After Pei Guangting's death, the imperial court had to give the minister a nickname according to the custom. Dr. Taichang (who is in charge of sacrifices) Sun Wanjian said: "Pei Guangting has come up with this set of promotion methods. Only based on seniority promotion, lose the spirit of encouraging talents, and build yì to give the nickname "gram". Pei Guangting's son heard it and wanted to say that in this way, my father's reputation would be ruined. The book was strived forged, and in the end, the emperor ruled that "loyalty" was used as a nickname. Although the evil name is avoided, but such an embarrassment, the social perception is already not good.

At this time. The imperial court was "there was no general in Shu, and Liao became a pioneer", and Xiao Song became the chief prime minister. Xiao Song has a certain ability in military affairs, but his talent is really flattering, and he is known to both the government and the public, because he has a well-known affair.

A long time ago, when Xiao Song was still in the middle of the study, Li Longji wanted to promote Su Ying to the prime minister and wanted to find someone to write an edict, but it was already very late. I asked Xiao Song, who was on duty, to come in and draft the edict, Xiao Song worked for a long time to prepare the edict, Li Longji looked at it, and there was a sentence in the middle, praising Su Ying as a treasure of the country. Li Longji said: "This is not very good! Su Ting's father's name is Su Gui, and his father's name should not appear in the edict. So he left and let Xiao Song stay where he was.

After a while, the emperor wanted to say that Xiao Song should be changed, so he walked over to see how Xiao Song had changed, and saw Xiao Song sitting on the mat, sweating profusely. The other words have not changed, except that "the treasure of the country" has been changed to "the treasure of the country". After Xiao Song retreated, Li Longji threw the scratch paper on the ground and said, "I really gave birth to a good appearance for nothing!" The attendants on the left and right couldn't help laughing, and from then on everyone knew Xiao Song, the "treasure of the country".

In the case that the prime minister of the imperial court is not talented. For an ambitious and talented person, it was really a good opportunity to get ahead, and this person was Li Linfu, who was the servant of the Ministry at the time.

Li Linfu was a relative of the Tang Dynasty, and his great-grandfather Li Shuliang was Li Yuan's cousin. However, the Li family was a big clan in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, with a large population, and by the time Li Linfu was born, their clan relationship with the emperor was already very estranged.

In any case, the status of the royal family still gave Li Linfu a basic guarantee when he found his first job, and through the arrangement of his uncle Jiang Jiao (then Li Longji's secretary and supervisor), he became a Qianniu Zhichang (a junior officer of the Praetorian Guard). Here, Li Linfu has a more thorough understanding of the complex personnel relations in the court, and also found one thing, if the court is the emperor's office, the court is the emperor's home, and the emperor must be serious in the court, but in the court, he will let go of his guard and show his true nature. Therefore, it is a good way to understand the emperor's thoughts and preferences through the people of the court, and then influence the emperor, which is a good way to get twice the result with half the effort. This realization played a decisive role in his future mastery of the commanding heights (the emperor) in the struggle against political opponents, and then to be invincible!

The Tang Dynasty was a country of poetry, when banquets and friends were sent to usher, they needed to answer each other with poems, Lin Fu was not good at writing poems, but he was familiar with music and rhythm, and he was good at musical instruments, and in such occasions, it was still very popular; In essence, Li Linfu is a person who can cater to the current situation and grasp opportunities, so his career is quite smooth, and a few years later he became the crown prince Zhongyun, and later through the recommendation of Shizhongyuan Qianyao (Li Linfu's uncle and brother-in-law's uncle, the relationship is really far away), he became the secretary of the country!

Guozijian Siye is equivalent to the vice president of the National University (but at that time, there was only one and no other branch), and of course it was not the right professional for Li Linfu, a person who had no literary talent and was full of power. But even if the major is not right, Li Linfu can make a name for himself, and the evaluation of the history books on his performance in Guozijian is: "quite Zhengang level", what is this? That's talented! However, the wrong major is always a problem, so with the help of Yuan Qianyao and Yu Wenrong, Li Linfu went to the Yushitai to serve as the Yushi Zhongcheng.

In the position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history, Li Linfu cooperated with Yu Wenrong and Huangfu Yin, and after he was in the limelight, he quickly found a way to leave and was transferred to the Ministry of Justice, and later transferred to the Ministry of Officials.

For Li Linfu, the position of the servant of the Ministry of Officials is a great opportunity for him to really display his talents and accumulate political capital, because the officials in charge of the Ministry of Officials are promoted and operated properly. However, although this position is powerful and controversial, if you open the back door indiscriminately, saliva will drown you, so Li Linfu has to wait for the opportunity!

The opportunity was very open, and Li Longji's elder brother Ning Wang Li Xiantuo came to the door to say. I have a pocket list for this official selection, these people are all good talents, please help arrange it. After the deed is accomplished, the king will be rewarded.

For such a big guy like King Ning, Li Linfu naturally wants to stammer, but the reason why Li Linfu is Li Linfu is that he is not just stammering. In the process, he also found a new way to cut a new one, not only stammering the big guys, but also adding points to his own image!

Let's take a look at what Li Linfu did:

First of all, the person sent by King Ning said to Li Linfu: "King Ning has a pocket list, a total of 9 people, please Li Shilang to complete it." ”

Li Linfu replied: "King Ning's move for the country is for the sake of my Tang Dynasty foundation, of course the lower officials cooperate, but if there are good things to object, saying that the official cooperates with King Ning to appoint a private person." I'm afraid that King Ning's name will be dirty, so let's ask King Ning to nominate another person, this person needs to be of poor character and has nothing to do with King Ning, or even King Ning doesn't like it. ”

The visitor was surprised and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Linfu said: "Listen to my arrangement!" ”

After someone came to report to Queen Ning, King Ning didn't know what plasters were being sold in Li Linfu's gourd, but he had also heard that Li Linfu did things properly and left no traces. So I agreed.

After a while, the "Long Name List" of appointments was released. In the past, everyone's interest was in those people on the list, who these people were, which often caused a lot of discussion and speculation. It is also the acceptance list of the results of wrestling with people from all walks of life, and this year's "long list" is a little special, in addition to the appointment list, there is another announcement posted next to it.

What does the announcement say? It reads: The official XX originally met the qualifications for human use in this selection, but because of his bad conduct, he went to the yamen of the official department to ask for help before the selection. It violates the official rules, so this selection is given a "release set" (the next selection will be discussed), and reiterates that the selection of officials is impartial, and there must be no private entrustment, even bribery and other bad behaviors......

Seeing this announcement, everyone was dumbfounded and discussed: Some people said that the officials finally hardened and slammed these people who drilled the camp and walked through the doorway, which was really happy; Some people say that this person must have offended the chief of the ministry, so he was pulled out to make him embarrassed; Some people also said that the emperor must be dissatisfied with the wind of drilling camps when the officials selected officials, so this time he asked the officials to make an example of the monkeys; In the end, someone said that he was a well-informed person, according to reliable behind-the-scenes exclusive information, this person was originally recommended by King Ning, but Li Zhongcheng found out that this person had a bad character and went to the Ministry of Officials many times during the selection period to give gifts and pull relationships, so it was reported that Queen Ning canceled this person's entry into the list, and built yì as a formal official, it is appropriate to announce this matter to the public, and after King Ning learned the reason, not only did not blame, but greatly praised Lord Li's integrity and selflessness! After hearing this, everyone present expressed their sudden realization, and praised King Ning and Master Li one after another.

This is where Li Linfu is powerful, he not only is **, but also has to set up a chastity archway, and the person who was framed by him thought that he was unlucky, and met an "honest and upright" "official", so he could only admit that he was upside down!

Li Linfu relied on his long-sleeved and good dancing personality and the opportunity to see the wind and make the rudder stand firm in the official department, and at this time his ambition also began to swell, and his eyes began to look up.

It's okay to look up, but to climb up you really need some capital. Li Linfu's previous connections can only help him climb to his current position, and if he wants to climb up again, he needs to be recognized by the emperor, but the central-level officials of the Tang Dynasty are either the original local officials (governors, festival envoys) who have military merits and return to the central government (this is the so-called general and enter the prime minister), or the imperial examination background and outstanding literary talent are recognized, or the family gradually rises under the shadow of his father and brother.

Where are the opportunities? It's up to people to find the opportunity!

As mentioned earlier, after Pei Guangting died in the twenty-first year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, only Xiao Song remained, and it was impossible for Xiao Song to do a good job as prime minister by himself. In this regard, Li Longji naturally knew it, so he asked Xiao Song to recommend another candidate for prime minister, Xiao Song had a considerable friendship with Wang Qiu, a regular attendant of the loose cavalry, and planned to recommend Wang Qiu, but he didn't expect Wang Qiu to resolutely resign, but instead recommended Han Xiu, the right man of Shangshu.

Why did Wang Qiu resolutely resign? It may be that he saw that the prime ministers of the Kaiyuan Dynasty did not last long, and some of them ended up badly; It may also be that he has his own views on Li Longji and is unwilling to wade into this troubled water. But because Wang Qiu resolutely resigned, and Xiao Song had to give in to the emperor, he recommended Han Xiu to the emperor!

Xiao Song's recommendation of Han Xiu once again proved that he was really a "living treasure of the country", because the later development proved that the two were really incompatible, since they did not match, why should they recommend it, it can be seen that Xiao Song did not figure out the situation at all!

However, it stands to reason that this matter should not be able to fight with Li Linfu, Li Linfu's great thing is that he does not give up any opportunity to accumulate political capital, and he will find a way to find a way to string it together.

It turned out that Li Linfu knew that there were two kinds of people in the harem who had the greatest influence on the emperor, one was a favorite concubine, and the other was a eunuch (eunuch). In the last joint impeachment of Zhang Shuo (see Chapter 5), he found that Gao Lishi's influence was unfathomable, and he had long wanted to befriend the most popular eunuch, but because Gao Lishi was very cautious, he couldn't find any good opportunities for a while. Not long after, he found out that Pei Guangting's wife Wu was Wu Sansi's daughter, and Gao Lishi was Wu Sansi's disciple, Gao Lishi was very nostalgic and cared for the daughter of the Wu family.

Li Linfu thought about it, this is really a good opportunity, through this way of "saving the country with a curve", not only can you make friends with Gaolis, but also do not show the dew, it is really the best way. So Li Linfu resorted to the means of making women when he was young to hook up with the Wu family. At that time, Wu's husband Pei Guangting was already old and frail (58 years old, and soon his hair was braided), Wu's heart was empty, and Li Linfu hooked up very lightly! (It seems that Pei Guangting's real troubles are not only one, but also cuckolding...... ）

When Xiao Song later recommended Han Xiu to the emperor, the emperor agreed, and inadvertently revealed the news to Gao Lishi. Li Linfu originally wanted to inquire about this matter, so he naturally quickly learned the truth from Gao Lishi through the Wu family. Li Linfu thought about it for a while and felt that this was really a good thing: first, he could reveal this news to Han Xiu in advance, and hinted that Han Xiu was doing him a favor, and he would have the opportunity to come in handy in the future; Second, Han Xiu has an upright personality, likes to argue with others, and has always had a bad relationship with his boss and colleagues, if he sits in the position of prime minister, he will definitely do something, and then I, Li Linfu, will be able to wait for the opportunity to move. (To be continued.) )