After determining the selection criteria for focusing on political performance, selecting people based on merit, and the assessment period of the three-year examination, Gao Cheng immediately presented his expression to Yuan Shan.

Yuan Shanjian also handed over this new standard of appointment to the courtiers for consultation.

After forcibly silencing the opposition of the civil and official groups among the four servants with the greatest voice of voice, since October 29, the third year of Taichang, the new system of electing and appointing officials has completely replaced the suspension of the year.

There are moths that cry out for misery, and there are capable officials who rejoice.

Whether it is to take a person by talent, or to shorten the term of office, or to take an exam every three years, all talented people can intuitively feel Gao Cheng's sincerity in seeking talents.

The most concerned is the third-class assessment that is promoted if you get up, flat if you get middle, and degraded if you get down.

However, the higher the official position, the correspondingly, the fewer the positions, and the officialdom is a pyramid structure that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

If the third-class assessment is implemented, it will result in a high grade, not necessarily a promotion, because there may not be enough vacancies at the upper level.

Of course, no matter what, if you are inferior, you will definitely be degraded, this is what Gao Cheng insisted, if you don't drive down the corpse vegetarian people, how can you let the excellent official position be on the top.

"The Point Guard Is Here"

In order to deal with the phenomenon that the superior may not be promoted, Gao Cheng also made special provisions to issue material rewards to officials who have obtained the superior rank but have not been promoted immediately, and if they are still ranked in the upper class in the assessment of the next term, they will be given priority to be promoted.

The third-class assessment system is undoubtedly forcing the leisurely officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty to roll in.

As a result, the examination of the six cao in the ministry has become the top priority, which is why Gao Cheng first asked Cui Xian to preside over the examination of the meritorious Cao and rectify the internal atmosphere.

The whole thing made Cui Jishu feel like a clown.

Doesn't it say that Cao Langzhong is a job that offends people? Now it is the object of everyone's holding.

It's just to offend a few dismissed scribes, and he can do this kind of thing.

So Gao Cheng recruited Cui Jishu again, and bluntly said that compared with political affairs, the Gyeonggi army is his foundation, and Cui Jishu was promoted to the governor of the capital governor, replacing Gao Cheng in charge of the government affairs of the Gyeonggi governor, out of his own trust, and entrusted the foundation.

Only then did Xiao Cui appease, and in the name of Gao Cheng's chief staff, he enthusiastically devoted himself to the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

In fact, Cui Jishu also has no self-knowledge, with his bad deeds of corruption and bribery, how dare Gao Cheng hand over the examination of merit to him.

No matter how diligent Gao Cheng is in government affairs, it is impossible to check the specific achievements of each official one by one, so he can only hand it over to Cao Cao to sort it out on his behalf.

Xiao Gao Wang has his own standards for employing people, what kind of position is given to what kind of person, he is clear in his heart, no matter how close the relationship between himself and Cui Jishu is, he will never let Cui Jishu serve in the ministry.

At the same time, Cui Xian also handed him the two lists requested by Gao Cheng early.

The people with outstanding political achievements are mainly Zhang Dexing, who was praised by Gao Cheng himself, and Gao Cheng kept the names of these people in his heart.

He also ordered the detectives of the Listening Department to search for the crimes of those who neglected their administration or even bad government on another list, and planned to remove these people from their horses and immediately promote the officials on the first list to fill the vacancies.

Although it is said that there is an exam every three years, how can Gao Cheng have the patience to give those insects another three years to see the after-effects, in order to do a good job in politics, he can't wait to get rid of the insects immediately.

As the evidence of negligence and corruption of bad officials continues to be sent to the Gao Cheng table case, everything is in place, and only Sima is left to eliminate difficulties.

On November 13, Sima came to visit.

"Zihui, you must keep your promise and never harm my father."

Looking at Sima Xiao's sincere eyes, Gao Cheng looked at Sima Xiao's difficulty and swore an oath:

"Although Dao Rong can rest assured, my uncle and Cheng have a mutual understanding and have helped me a lot in various affairs, how can Cheng harm him."

Gao Cheng didn't lie about this, whether it was the promotion system of officials this time or the last inspection of hidden households, Sima Ziru was actively cooperating with him.

Sima Xiaonan also knew this, so he took out a piece of rice paper from his arms and handed it to Gao Cheng, on which was the evidence of Sima Ziru's bribery recorded by him during this time.

After Gao Cheng sent Sima away to eliminate the difficulty, he immediately ordered someone to recruit Du Bi, the imperial historian and Taizhong doctor.

Du Bi, the word Fuxuan, a native of Quyang, Zhongshan (Quyang, Hebei), was born in a family of eunuchs, his grandfather Du Yanheng, once served as the Taishou of Huainan, and his father Du Cidu, who served as the county commander of Fanshi.

With such a background, his family has been poor since he was a child, and he can't even afford to buy books, but he has been smart since he was a child, and the thirteen-year-old Du Bi stood out and was appreciated.

After completing his studies, he was recommended by Yuancheng, King Yuancheng of Rencheng, and Yuanyong of Gaoyang, and he abided by the teachings of his father, and was praised by the people for his honesty and honesty when he was a magistrate.

With his grandfather and father, it can be said that three generations are incorruptible, not to mention the corruption of the Northern Wei Dynasty officialdom, which is rare in all dynasties.

In the early years of filial piety (525), Du Bi's father Du Cidu was killed, and Du Bi resigned and kept filial piety for six years.

After his recovery, he took office in Yushitai, and in one sentence to describe his enthusiasm for work, that is, 'Taichung playing, all of which are done'.

Du Bi came to the Bohai Palace, met Gao Cheng according to the order, and entered the hall to salute:

"The lower official pays a visit to Shang Shuling."

Each type of person has a different name for Gao Cheng, Gao's henchmen are mostly called Shizi, and the staff of the Dadu Governor's Office are called Shizi or Dadu, while Du Bi is neither Gao's henchman nor Gao Cheng's staff, so he is called by his official position.

Gao Cheng raised his hand and said:

"No need to be polite, Dr. Du, please take a seat."

After that, I couldn't help but look at the forty-five-year-old middle-aged man in front of me.

Of course, this is not the first time the two have met, after all, Du Bi is the sole leader of the imperial history and occasionally meets Gao Cheng.

But every time he sees him, Gao Cheng always secretly sighs to himself, his grandfather is a Taishou, and his father is a county magistrate, so he has been poor since he was a child, and he only hates not being able to see his ancestors and his father.

"I don't know what happened when Shang Shuling summoned the officials to come today?"

Du Bi asked.

He didn't have much friendship with Gao Cheng, and when he was invited to the Bohai Palace today, he had some doubts in his heart.

Gao Cheng waved his hand to let the maids and guards all retreat, got up and handed the rice paper that recorded Sima Ziru's bribery to Du Bi.

Du Bi hurriedly got up and took it with both hands, and after looking at it carefully, his face couldn't help but change greatly.

Sima Ziru is different from him, although he is not a subordinate of Xindu, but with the identity of Gao Huan's old friend, he is also undoubtedly a noble of the Gao Party.

At this time, Gao Cheng handed over the evidence of Sima Ziru's guilt to himself, did he want to test his loyalty?

Surprise instantly filled Du Bi's heart.

Fortunately, Gao Cheng didn't let Du Bi guess, he said directly:

"I want Dr. Du to impeach Sima Ziru for taking bribes."

"This..."

Du Bi still couldn't believe it, he had never heard of a conflict between Gao Cheng and Sima Zi, but he heard that Gao Cheng and Sima were brothers and sisters, and there was a strangeness before and after today's events.

Gao Cheng patiently explained:

"Don't worry, Doctor Du, now that corruption is rampant in Dawei, Cheng has the heart to clean up, and please ask Doctor Du to help me."

Du Bi said excitedly when he heard this:

"Please rest assured that the lower officials will complete this case."

An incorruptible official like Du Bi is not unwanted, he also has his own political ambitions: to fight corruption and rectify the atmosphere.

Gao Cheng waved his hand and said:

"Dr. Du misunderstood, this impeachment must not convict Sima Ziru."

Du Bi's face froze, and he was angry in his heart, he felt that Gao Cheng was playing tricks on himself.

didn't wait for him to show his style and bones, and left with negative energy, but he heard Gao Cheng say:

"Sima Ziru's corruption is conclusive, but he must be let go, and even Dr. Du will be convicted for it.

"Chenghui persuaded the bitter master Sima Zi to exonerate Dr. Du from responsibility, and on this ground, gave Yu Shitai the right to hear about the matter, and did not hold him accountable by words.

"Doctor Du thinks that this move is more important than fighting a Sima Ziru?"

Hearing this, Du Bi knelt down excitedly and said:

"As such, the lower officials are willing to be driven by the Shang Shu Order."

Gao Cheng helped Du Bi up and said with a smile:

"This matter will be left to Dr. Du."

Regardless of the corruption of the Northern Wei officials, it also had a corresponding system of official accountability, such as the imperial history, who needed to take responsibility for their impeachment.

Only then did the rest of the Yushitai people eat in the corpse position, and Du Bi alone took over all the performance.

After all, under the system of suspension, no matter how well you do it, you don't have to boil up your qualifications, once the impeachment fails, maybe you will be demoted and dismissed.

is left with Du Bi, a stunned young man in his forties, who still wants to fight against the officials with his enthusiasm.

Only by making sure that the imperial historians will not be convicted of impeachment and arouse their enthusiasm for work, can Gao Cheng rely on this supervision team to crack down on corruption on a large scale.

After Du Bi said goodbye, he went straight back to the Yushitai and wrote the bullet seal.

According to his previous habits, he always had to investigate carefully and confirm that the evidence was conclusive before impeachment, otherwise he would not have taken over the performance of Yushitai, but he was never held accountable.

But this time is different, Gao Cheng has made it clear that Sima Ziru must not be convicted in the above table this time, so it is meaningless to carefully investigate the authenticity of the evidence.

He didn't think that Gao Cheng would deceive himself, if he really wanted to rectify him, why did he need to be so troublesome.

On the same day, Du Bi presented himself to the Son of Heaven and impeached Shangshu's right servant and Sima Ziru in the name of corruption.

As soon as the bullet was on, he was shocked.

Everyone thinks that Du Bi is suffering from madness, and now the Gao Party says the same, Sima Ziru, as an important figure in the Gao Party, was impeached.

The key is still in the name of corruption, in the Great Wei of the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty, when did corruption become a crime!

When Sima Ziru was sent from Shangshutai to Mingguang Palace, he took a deep look at Gao Cheng, who was watching from the sidelines.

In the entire Luoyang City, only Gao Cheng had the ability and courage to move him, but Sima Ziru really couldn't understand the reason why Gao Cheng moved himself.

As Gao Cheng said to Sima Zhen, after Sima Ziru figured out the character of Xiao Gao Wang, he decided to maintain the principle of advancing and retreating with Gao Cheng in political affairs, and there was never friction between the two.

After going to the Mingguang Palace, in the face of the scolding of Yuan Shanjian, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, Sima Ziru insisted that he was innocent.

The eunuch sent to ask Gao Cheng in advance reported that Gao Cheng claimed that if he had an uncle and nephew relationship with Sima Zi, he should avoid suspicion, and it was up to the Son of Heaven to decide how to try it.

Without Gao Cheng's interference, Yuan Shanjian was inevitably excited when he exercised his power for the first time, and he couldn't wait to remove Sima Ziru from all his official positions, put him in prison, and appointed the capital official Shangshu to preside over the trial.

Duguan is one of the six departments of Shangshu Province and the predecessor of the Criminal Department, and his top boss is Gao Cheng, the No. 2 person in the Gao Party, and he is dealing with Sima Ziru, an important figure in the Gao Party.

Gao Cheng still said that, he needed to avoid suspicion and didn't want to get involved.

Just as Duguan Shangshu said goodbye in frustration, Gao Cheng suddenly said:

"Uncle Sima is nearly fifty years old, and he must not be punished, and the people involved in the case will inevitably be beaten into tricks, and they must not be added with sticks."

As soon as these words came out, Duguan Shangshu immediately knew in his chest: If torture is not allowed, then what else will be tried.

understood that Gao Cheng wanted to protect Sima Ziru, and when the official Shangshu was promoted, he didn't dare to play official power at all.

In a few days, Sima Ziru will be reinstated and re-appointed as his direct boss, and at this time, he will play a score against him, isn't this adding to his future.

After Sima Ziru came to the court, he also saw the clues, the bribe-givers who were found were all fearless, and the official Shangshu just asked and accepted it, doesn't this make it clear that Gao Cheng is operating behind the scenes and wants to exonerate himself?

Could it be that impeaching himself is not Gao Cheng's mastermind?

Although he couldn't figure out the reason, Sima Ziru still insisted that he was innocent, as if he was slandered, and said angrily:

"The old man went to King Gao with a cane, and King Gao gave me a ride in a cart and a calf with curly horns.

"The calf is dead, only the horns are left, and all the other assets are all issued by the imperial court, from the people's fat and people's ointment, how can he ever be bribed by others!"

Duguan Shangshu ordered someone to record Sima Ziru's defense, and then asked him to take him back to prison and secretly confess that he would take care of him.

At this time, Sima Xiaonan was kneeling outside Shangshutai to kowtow for his father.

The thumping kowtow sound, Gao Chengzhi frowned when he heard it.

Dispersed the clerks of the chamber,

"Why should Dao Rong practice himself like this."

Sima Xiao smiled and said:

"The more sincere I am, the more my father can't treat me harshly in the future, and today's pain is only for a while."

Gao Cheng did not comment on Sima's filial piety.

Sima Xiaonan also said that the family is now a mess of porridge, and his mother heard that Sima Ziru had already been in a mess if he was imprisoned, and learned that Sima Xiaonan was going to come to see Gao Cheng, and he took Gao Cheng as a life-saving straw, and now he is waiting for news at home.

Gao Cheng instructed Sima to go home to comfort his mother, and told her that he would not let Sima Ziru have an accident, so he sent him away.

Gao Cheng did not comment on Sima's filial piety.

He was in a hurry to visit Sima Ziru in prison.

can't stay overnight, in history, Sima Ziru was arrested and imprisoned by Gao Cheng, and he turned white overnight.

really dyed Uncle Sima's hair, so that the good old man who valued feelings Gao Huan saw him, and he inevitably called to appease his old friend.

Before Gao Cheng cracked down on corruption, he had already ordered someone to report to Gao Huan, and Gao Huan strongly supported this, but also stressed that the scope of the attack could not be extended to the generals in the army.

As for the old friends who don't have military power, it's a big deal to appease them afterwards, anyway, the bad things are all done by Gao Cheng, and what's wrong with the innocent and innocent He Liuhun.

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The first one is more than 4,000 words, and there are two more chapters in the evening.