The letters were circulated in the hands of hundreds of officials.

Just a stick of incense for a while.

Many people said indignantly: "These local officials are simply too unreasonable!" Especially some fast catches, they are simply unsightly, these people should be guarding the safety of one party, but now they have become the culprits of the party! It's just shocking! ”

"This official originally thought that Prime Minister Fang appointed Lord Hai as the imperial history of the left capital, and rectified the rule of officials, which could give these people some warnings, but he didn't expect that they were still doing their own thing, which was simply hateful! Hateful! ”

"If this continues, sooner or later, my great country will be destroyed in their hands!"

The officials who had children in the family were extremely angry when they saw the horrific events recorded in the letters.

The rest of the officials also frowned.

Obviously, they didn't expect that Fang Xiang had rectified the rule of officials for more than a year, dismissed so many people, and cut off so many heads, and it was still the case at the local level.

And he saw that the people began to talk about it.

Fang Xiu gave the empress a look.

The little empress immediately understood and looked at the palace maid on the side.

Syllable!

Only a crisp sound was heard.

The palace maid waved her whip and raised her voice: "Silence! ”

The hundred officials gradually quieted down and looked at Fang Xiu.

Fang Xiu cleared his throat and slowly spoke: "You have all seen these shocking things, you should be able to empathize, since this is the case, there are some words, the original appearance will say it directly."

A year ago, His Majesty appointed Hai Rui as the chief official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and every once in a while, Hai Rui would take people to inspect the prefectures and capitals, but even so, such things still happened in various places, and they were repeatedly banned! Have you ever wondered why? ”

The voice fell.

All the officials were silent.

In fact, they are not ignorant of the reasons behind it, but it is not appropriate for them to say it.

After all, many of them had also been on an outward basis.

They've done a lot of things.

Fang Xiu looked around, saw that no one spoke, and said in a deep voice:

"The root cause is the lack of strong supervision! No matter how frequent Hai Jui's inspections are, for the vast majority of officials, it still has nothing to do with them, just because I am too big! So big that even if Hai Jui has been patrolling outside and is tired on the road, he can't go to every state capital! ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then asked: "In this case, is there any way to effectively supervise hundreds of officials?" ”

When the officials heard this question, they all chuckled in their hearts.

Although most of them have converged a lot in the past two years, the word "supervision" is still very harsh to them.

However.

Fang Xiu didn't care about their thoughts, and said to himself: "During these days, Your Majesty and Fang Xiang have been talking all night, and finally came up with a method, which can be summed up in three!"

One of them is to set a limit for examinations, the so-called limit for examinations, that is, what local officials need to do, to set a time limit, to be reviewed by the Yamen, if passed, it must be completed within the specified time, without delay, so that the efficiency of the imperial court can be improved.

The second is that there is an examination in the year, and there is an audit in the month, in addition to the original Beijing inspection and the big plan, different yamen add an assessment, once a month, or once a year, and the assessment here is jointly responsible for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Zhou State.

The third is that the letter reward must be punished, this time the Beijing inspection and the plan, all those who fail to pass the examination, must be punished, the seizure of the prize, the demotion of the demotion, the dismissal of the dismissal, if there is a good job, naturally also reward!

The above is the policy of rectifying the rule of officials designated by His Majesty and the Prime Minister, and the name is called, and the law is tested! ”

The voice fell.

A burst of heated discussion broke out in the Heart Cultivation Hall in an instant.

Who can deliberate in front of the king, which one is not a human spirit.

After Fang Xiu said the "Test Method", they immediately realized that something was wrong!

Fang Xiang's implementation of this so-called test method is by no means a whim, and it has nothing to do with what happened to the students in the T-shaped class! It's been planned for a long time!

Otherwise, how could such a detailed and well-developed plan be specified?

According to what Fang Xiang said, you don't have to think about it to know that after the implementation of the examination law, there will definitely be a large number of corpses and vegetarian meals, and the officials of the common people will be affected, and maybe they will be themselves.

Thereupon.

After a moment of discussion.

Someone stood up and said loudly: "The lower officials think that the test method that Fang Xiang said will be of great benefit to the country and the people, but ...... In the eyes of the lower officials, the current situation of the imperial court is not enough to implement this law. ”

Fang Xiu looked at the person who spoke, it was a head of the Ministry of Rites, and he didn't have much sense of existence on weekdays.

"Go on." Fang Xiu didn't overwhelm people with power, he just said casually.

Seeing this, the head of the ceremonial department breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

The reason why Xia Guan said this is mainly for the following reasons:

First, according to Fang Xiang, the implementation of the examination law will inevitably require a large number of imperial histories who are honest and can enforce the law impartially.

However, as far as the lower officials know, there are only a few dozen imperial historians in the Imperial Procuratorate, and they can't afford such a huge workload at all, so if they recruit a group in a short period of time...... Let's not say that there are not so many scholars, but their conduct may not be able to take on this important responsibility.

Second, Fang Cai said that if it can be implemented, it will definitely be beneficial to the people and the imperial court, but this matter is handed over to the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Zhou State Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the lower officials think that something is inappropriate.

Besides, there are not a few people who have a grudge against our officials in the imperial history of the Zhou State, and if they take revenge for personal gain, what should they do?

Third, Fang Xiang said that reward will be punished, which is easy to say, but not necessarily done, just because many things are not temporary disasters, but disasters accumulated over many years.

For example, if there is a deficit in the treasury of a certain place, and this deficit is accumulated by several prefects, it cannot be counted on the head of the current prefect, and if the current prefect is punished because it cannot fill the huge deficit, I am afraid that it will not be long before the officials everywhere will resign. ”

I have to say that this head of the Ministry of Rites is quite capable.

Without any preparation at all, he was able to ask so many questions about Fang Xiu's test method, and one or two of them pointed to the point!

Fang Xiu looked at him, his eyes showed a bit of approval, and said:

"What you said is very good, some of the problems you raised have also been thought about by the Prime Minister and His Majesty, and now they have also designated ways to deal with them, such as the problem of manpower shortage......

The examination law is not to be implemented now, but from the end of this Jingcha and the plan, it will be implemented gradually!

The existing manpower can barely be supported, and after the autumn, His Majesty will hold an Enke to select talents, and those with better moral character in this group of talents will be added to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Tomorrow and the year after, His Majesty will open Enke again, and Enke for three consecutive years will be able to alleviate the urgency of employing people without accident, and in addition, not all matters of supervision must be done by the imperial history.

The prime minister has already formulated some rules so that subordinate officials can also report their superiors, so as to relieve the pressure on the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The second point you said, let the officials of the Zhou State inspect the hundred officials of my big cadres, and they are not in harmony...... In these days, His Majesty will send an envoy to consult with the Empress of Zhou and sign an alliance.

From now on, our cadres will share weal and woe with the Zhou State, and the officials of the Zhou State Metropolitan Procuratorate can supervise the officials of my Great Cadres, and the officials of our Great Cadre Metropolitan Procuratorate can also supervise the officials of the Zhou State.

As for the question of rewards and punishments, this prime minister has already asked Hai Jui to specify detailed standards, and the example you just gave is also in it, and you will know how to deal with it at that time. ”

As soon as this remark came out.

Fengtian Temple fell into heated discussions again.

This time, everyone's attention was more focused on "signing a contract with Zhou Guo", "you have me, I have you" and "sharing weal and woe".

There is no doubt that Fang Xiang did this in order to lay the foundation for the annexation of Zhou in the future.

I just don't know if Zhou Guo will strongly oppose it.

A moment later.

Baiguan gradually quieted down.

Fang Xiu looked around and asked, "What else do you have to say about the test method?" ”

The officials looked at each other, and they were all silent.

Things have come to this point.

They have seen it very clearly.

Fang Xiang and His Majesty are determined to implement the examination method, and this is not something they can stop at all.

Seeing that no one spoke.

Fang Xiu had a warm smile on his face and said:

"Since this is the case, this matter has been decided, on the day of the specific implementation of the examination law, the prime minister will discuss with His Majesty again, and after the Jingcha is over, I will inform you!

The most important thing now is the Jingcha and the plan, the second is Enke, and the third is the covenant, I hope that the officials of the Yamen can do these three things well, and don't let Your Majesty down! ”

"The ministers will live up to the high expectations of Your Majesty and Fang Xiang!"

The hundred officials bowed and saluted in unison.

Fang Xiu and the little empress glanced at each other and didn't speak again.

Meanwhile.

The palace maid's shrill voice rang out.

"Retreat!"

............

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

The little empress in a dragon robe sat on the dragon chair, squinted at Fang Xiu, and said angrily: "What nonsense did you just talk about in front of the hundred officials. ”

Fang Xiu looked stunned and asked, "What is the minister talking nonsense?" ”

Wu Mingkong said embarrassedly: "What did you just say that you talked with me all night and discussed the test method, aren't you talking nonsense?" ”

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't what the minister said true, hasn't Your Majesty had a long talk with the minister all night these days." ”

"Even if it's a fact, you can't say it in front of hundreds of officials!"

Wu Mingkong glared at him and said in shame.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu couldn't help but smile and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

The little empress is still holding Her Majesty's shelf, but among the hundreds of officials, how can anyone not know the relationship between the two of them, and they just cover their ears and steal the bell.

"You just said that you formed an alliance with the Zhou State, did you do it on a whim, or did you have a plan?"

Wu Mingkong thought for a few breaths, and suddenly asked.

During the court meeting, most of what Fang Xiu said had been discussed with her in advance.

Only the alliance with Zhou Guo was the first time she had heard of it.

Fang Xiu said: "Your Majesty has seen the minister do any thing because of a whim?" ”

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he fell silent.

After a moment, he asked, "Can the alliance go well?" ”

Fang Xiu said: "If you don't do it, the minister doesn't know if it will go well, it's just ...... With Bai Qi and Xie Qian in charge of Jinnan, there shouldn't be much of a problem. ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and said, "Then again, Bai Qi's title should also be sealed." ”

As the commander of the Northern Expedition, Bai Qi's merits in the war with the Zhou State were not even weaker than Fang Xiu's.

Fang Xiu made the Marquis of Jiannan, and Bai Qi still has no title.

"What title do you think is appropriate for him? Marquis, or Count? ”

The little empress asked.

Fang Xiu thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you crown him as the Marquis of Wu'an?" ”

"Wu Anhou...... Martial arts rule the world, prestige and security, it sounds good, worthy of his military exploits, according to what you said, he will be crowned as the Marquis of Wu'an. Wu Mingkong had no opinion and agreed.

The voice fell.

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the Heart Nourishing Palace.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Wan'er walked in with a few letters and said, "Your Majesty, this is the new Ministry of Rites Shangshu presented the chapter, saying that it is a matter of the country, please Your Majesty personally enlighten it." ”

The original Ministry of Rites Shangshu was sent home by the little empress because he advocated peace in the war.

Now the name of this Ministry of Rites is Andao, which is newly transferred, and he was originally doing assassination history outside, and he can be regarded as a feudal official, because he is old and has a good reputation, he was transferred back to Chang'an and served as the official of the Ministry of Rites.

"It's about the country?"

The little empress was slightly stunned and said, "Take it to me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lin Wan'er didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and hurriedly sent the concerto.

After the little empress opened it, she browsed from top to bottom.

In just a moment, her expression became a little strange, and a blush appeared on her pretty face, and she didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu was curious in his heart, and asked, "Your Majesty, what does the chapter say?" ”

When the little empress heard Fang Xiu's voice, she suddenly closed the music and said with a little weakness: "I didn't say anything." ”

Seeing this, Fang Xiu was even more curious, glanced at the little empress suspiciously, and said, "It doesn't matter if Your Majesty doesn't tell the minister, when the minister returns home, he passes by the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and asks the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

“......”

When the little empress heard this, she was a little annoyed, but she couldn't do anything about him.

After being silent for a few seconds, he still put the piece on the table, and said angrily: "I know how to bully me all day, you can watch it if you want to!" ”

Seeing this, Fang Xiu smiled, stepped forward to take the recital, and looked at it from top to bottom.

A moment later.

He closed the concerto, looked at the little empress with a smile that seemed to be a smile, and raised his eyebrows: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that An Tao still has some truth in what he said......

The little empress took a sip and said angrily: "There is a fart reason!" This An Tao is a lot old, and he still plays such a concert, it is simply disrespectful to the old, and he is still the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites! ”

Fang Xiu smiled and said, "Your Majesty's words are wrong, it is precisely because he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites that he wants to perform such a chapter, after all, the prince is the capital of the country, and His Majesty's age is not too young, it is time to have a child......"

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he glared at him, and said angrily: "You want you to be alone, don't pull me!" ”