Chapter 119: Taking office
Uncle, a few days ago, my father asked me to collect grain, and I almost offended most of the powerful people in Nanyang City, and today I asked me to join the government. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test This is not the official to dismiss officials, but it is more unpopular than requisition of grain. “
Qi Lianxiang looked smiling at this time, and he picked up the porcelain bowl in Cheng Lianjin's study and put it into half a bowl of wine and said: "Do you know who recommended you about this? Last time, it was Zhang Hongfei who cheated you openly and secretly, but this time it was Cao Renjun and Master Cao." “
"And I know that your goal is definitely the most glorious position, and this is not the official selection of officials, both of us are still secondary, and the officials above the fourth rank need to be discussed by Zhongshu Province and the emperor together, and it is the emperor who makes the final decision. But young officials below the fifth grade are the main decisions made by you and me, so can you understand?"
Cheng Lianjin's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Thanks to my uncle's mention, I have also been troubled by the grain requisition recently." Didn't think much about it. Although the current petty officials below the fifth grade are all petty officials, if this batch of candidates is good and used correctly, these people will become Zhu Zi in the next one or two decades. It's really time to serve the country!"
"It is this assessment process that must be done fairly and strictly, the emperor appointed us this time because the two of us have little contact in this court, if something goes wrong with the two of us, it will really offend the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the emperor can't please him!" Qi Lianxiang said solemnly.
As soon as he heard this, Cheng Lianjin's heart moved, and he arched his hand and said: "Uncle, no wonder you were not in the court a few years ago, Zhang Hongfei and Yan Chengde would be so relaxed. As far as my uncle's transparency and pretending to be stupid, if I have been in the DPRK and China for all these years, I will definitely be in and out of the phase. “
Qi Lianxiang slapped it over: "Don't pat your uncle's ass, it's because I'm not in it that I can see it clearly, if you are in it, you will consider your own pros and cons, Yu'er is also what your uncle wants to remind you." Don't forget your original intention at any time, it is true to ascend to the extreme position to avenge your mother's concubine, but you must also consider what you can do in this position after revenge, what you can bring to the people, and the responsibility of the high-ranking person is never an empty word. “
Yu'er understood. Cheng Lianjin replied with a straight expression.
It was already business time, and the hall of the official department was empty, and the officials walked in intermittently. An old official in a red robe sighed for a long time: "The emperor actually asked General Qi to be the secretary of this ministry, it is really not a good life, I heard that he trained the blade army is very strict, there are only two people left in the original blade army of more than 10,000, and even the emperor can't say anything if he treats us here as a school and treats us as soldiers in the future."
The waiter Lin Pinxian took over the conversation and said: "It's not like that, you and I are both old ministers, and we have been in this officialdom for a lifetime." Could it be that we won't be able to live if there is a general? What kind of formation we haven't seen, if you want me to see, this general's battlefield is still in the army, and he can manage the troops. We are all officials of the imperial court, and the officials who manage the scattered officials for the imperial court, how can he train us?
Everyone burst into laughter at the end, and at that moment several people stopped laughing, and with a frightened expression on their faces, they looked at the door of the wing, and a tall figure was standing at the door, looking at the laughing minister with eyes like torches.
The other ministers hurriedly accepted their laughter and saluted in unison: "Your Majesty, see General Qi." “
Qi Lianxiang said in a deep voice: "Since the emperor decreed that I should be the secretary of this ministry. Today, I have arrived, so let's be commensurate with my rank, after all, this is not a blade army, and you are not a small soldier in my military tent. “
Everyone was stunned, this was obviously listening to what they had just said, Lin Pinxian hurriedly took the lead in saluting: "Xiaguan see Lord Shangshu." “
Qi Lianxiang has just crossed the threshold, he has never worn the court uniform of a civil official, and he is walking in front of everyone with such a high position, he is quite uncomfortable for a while, and his steps are much smaller. After walking to the desk above the room, he slowly sat down, and naturally put his hand on the desk. Feeling that it was inappropriate, he put his hand down again, stood still and swept the people in the room.
These officials had never seen this formation, and they all lowered their heads, Qi Lianxiang cleared his throat to find some of the majesty of the general, and asked: "This official has just arrived, who can tell this official what the main thing is?"
Lin Pinxian stepped forward and said, "Back to my lordship, the Ministry of Officials is the department that helps the imperial court select and manage officials. “
Qi Lianxiang nodded and said, "It turns out that everyone knows the functions of the ministry." Since the Ministry of Officials is to help the court manage the officials, then everyone should set an example! I remember that the court stipulated that all the ministries were on duty at the hour of the hour, and now that it was time to go, a third of the people did not come.
Qi Lianxiang's voice became more and more severe. The officials lowered their heads and looked at each other, not daring to say anything.
Qi Lianxiang continued: "I think you all know what kind of person I Qi Lianxiang is, when I was in the army, I strictly trained soldiers in accordance with military law, and I will not pull you out to practice here." But I will strictly follow the rules and regulations of the imperial court to manage everyone! Today is the first time, and this official will be played to the emperor, and you will be punished for one month's payment if you are late, and if you are late again from tomorrow, you will strictly follow the system. Don't show up in the ministry anymore, do you understand?"
At this time, Cheng Lianjin came over from outside the door and asked: "As the manager of the merger, this king will also work with everyone in the next period of time, everything will be in accordance with what Fang Cai Qi Shangshu said, according to the rules and regulations, if anyone comes later than this king from tomorrow, he will resign from his official position!"
The new officials took office three times, and under the strong opening of Qi Lianxiang and Cheng Lianjin, the officials of the Ministry of Officials accepted the fact that they were merging officials and had to be strict with themselves.
The first thing Cheng Lianjin had to deal with was that the emperor wanted to summon ten talents recommended by the officials from various prefectures, and the emperor would personally select four people from these ten talents to serve as county commanders in the four large counties near Nanyang City.
Soon Lin Pinxian drew up a list of ten people, and Cheng Lianjin personally took ten people to meet Su and Jingshuo.
In the imperial study, Su and Jingshuo watched a few people walk in and asked in surprise, "This is the choice?"
Hearing the emperor shout his name, Luo Lien stood up and muttered a few words, but no one could hear what was said.
Suhe Jingshuo slapped the roster on the desk, and looked displeased: "Do you have any people who can answer? One is boastful, the other is divisive, so can you govern a county well? Can you do a good job as a county magistrate? Who elected you?"
These ten people hurriedly knelt down, and they didn't dare to speak out, Cheng Lianjin said on the side: "If the father is not satisfied with the sons, let them choose them strictly." The sons and daughters also strictly controlled it, and then brought it to their father to see him. “
Back at the ministry, Cheng Lianjin asked with a sinking face: "How were these ten people selected? Who chose them?" Everyone couldn't figure out the results of this interview, and they didn't dare to say anything.
"Lin Shilang, this roster was drawn up by you, so can you tell this king what your selection criteria are?"
Lin Pinxian glanced at Cheng Lianjin and said, "Back to Your Highness, among these ten people are Chen Xiande, the nephew of the imperial envoy Hou Liying, and Xue Wen, a disciple of Chen Yanbu. The other is the grandson-in-law of Wei Guogong??"
Cheng Lianjin scolded: "Lin Pinxian, are you choosing a county order, or are you choosing a relationship? These are four big counties, and several counties add up to hundreds of thousands of people. Are you going to hand over the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people to these people? How can you play such a child's game with a major state matter? Have you always done this kind of servant servant? I don't think you should want such a servant and the court!"
Lin Pinxian knelt down with a puff and said: "It's not that the lower officials don't want to do their best, it's just that this matter is really difficult to do, if you choose Chen Xiande, you will rebel against Lord Chen Yanbu's disciples, and if you choose Xue Wen, you will offend Wei Guogong, and there is really no way for the lower officials." “
Cheng Lianjin snorted coldly and said: "This is the method used by the officials to select officials? The king of tomorrow will ask His Majesty to demote you by two levels! Other people, you can recommend people or yourself now, if you can recommend the county orders of the four big counties, this king will recommend him to sit in the position of the squire!"
The next day. Cheng Lianjin received fifty-seven self-recommendation letters, and Cheng Lianjin summoned everyone and said: "You are all old officials, and it is always a bit condescending to let you be the county magistrate by yourself, but it can still be seen from here that you are all willing to be loyal to the imperial court, so do you have any recommended candidates, Lin Pinxian, why haven't I seen your self-recommendation letter?"
"The people selected by Weichen have been all denied by the emperor, and they have already lost all the faces of the officials, how can they still have the face to recommend themselves. Lin Pinxian said with a sad face.
"In this case, this king will give you a chance to make up for your merits, and you will elect ten talents for this king, and this king believes that you still have some real skills in the position of the servant of the ministry for so many years. As the saying goes, shame comes courage, I believe that you will be able to elect ten truly talented people this time!" Cheng Lianjin looked at Lin Pinxian and said.
Lin Pinxian couldn't believe his ears, he was originally here to pack up his things today and prepare to be demoted by two levels, but he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to recommend talents again, and immediately knelt down and said: "Your Highness Xie trusts, Weichen will definitely select ten truly useful talents for His Highness this time!"
"Wrong! It's not for the king, it's for the emperor, for the people, understand?" Cheng Lianjin said sharply.
A few days later, Lin Pinxian selected ten more people to come out, and Suhe Jingshuo was very satisfied with the talents of these ten people after the interview, no matter how the county orders of the four major counties were arranged, the rest of the people were also arranged to other important official positions.
"Uncle, it seems that the road to this merger is even more arduous than imagined, which makes the people interviewed by the emperor dare to take the joint relationship, not to mention the other thousands of official positions. After experiencing this, Cheng Lianjin said worriedly, "I didn't want to fight the imperial court and appoint people to be corrupt to this point, this is due to the strong foundation of Nanyang State, otherwise it would have been ruined by the officials themselves." “
"It's because it's hard to show your strength, the more people you lay off now, the more people who stay will be really useful people, and then there will be another atmosphere in the court! The country's strong foundation is not corrupted like this, it is all built by the previous soldiers one by one!" Qi Lianxiang said.
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