Chapter 204: Rectify the state government
The reputation of "Wei Qingtian" gradually spread in Yuzhou, and Wei Chen, who was in the state government, heard Yuan'an report this matter to him, and felt the love of the people of Yuzhou for himself, and he also had a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Of course, Weichen did not get carried away because he had achieved a little success.
The transformation from a Qingliu cichen to a parent is not easy, and what the parent official has to do is not to brush up his reputation, but to do practical things.
The governor of Yuzhou is the slaughter of a hundred miles in Yuzhou, and the power is great, but the corresponding responsibility is also very important, mainly six major events: persuading agriculture and mulberry, building water conservancy, collecting taxes, maintaining public order, promoting education and education, and hearing lawsuits and breaking prisons.
Wei Chen is now barely successful in hearing the lawsuit and breaking out of prison, which can only be regarded as just starting.
At most, it takes Wei Chen's energy and time to listen to the lawsuit and break the prison, and the other five major events are not so simple, some need manpower, some need financial resources, and some talents and financial resources are indispensable, not Wei Chen can do it with a pat on the head.
Although Wei Chen has the heart to do some practical things for the people, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so she can only slowly figure it out.
At the beginning of the afternoon of this day, Wei Chen finished processing today's official documents in the signing room, took a short lunch break, and came to the second hall in good spirits.
A cadre of subordinate officials had already been waiting here, and there was a little more fear in their eyes than when they first saw Wei Chen.
After all, in the past half a month, they have witnessed the wisdom and skill shown by this young Zhizhou when he broke off, and they know that this young new Zhizhou is not easy to match.
Today, Wei Chen suddenly summoned all of them to the second hall, and they didn't know what was going on, so they naturally had to deal with it mentally.
As everyone knows, this is the effect of Wei Chen's wants, and the reason why he has not started to rectify these officials until now is precisely to deter these people by virtue of the name of "Qingtian" obtained by breaking the eucalyptus.
Wei Chen sat upright behind the public eucalyptus, and said loudly: "This official is ordered to shepherd one side, but there are tens of thousands of people in Yuzhou, and it is difficult to do it with the strength of this official alone, so you need to manage grain fishing, taxes, warehouses, and canals on behalf of your own official...... All things. With all of you sharing the burden, the officer's errand will be much easier. But~~"
Where "though...... But sentences like ......", the words before "but" can be listened to, and they must not be taken seriously, but the words after "but" must be pricked up, and not a word can be omitted.
All the officials in the hall are used to doing things in the yamen, how can they not understand such a simple truth, so when they heard Wei Chen's voice suddenly change, they all mentioned their hearts, held their breath, and waited for Wei Chen's next words.
Sure enough, I saw Wei Chen's face suddenly sank, and he said coldly: "However, after the official arrived, he sent people to investigate and secretly visit, but he found that there are many ills in various departments and houses in the state government, among which the disadvantage of confusion of power and responsibility is particularly serious!"
Warehouses, inspections are lacking, often everyone has to intervene, post stations, boats and vehicles are poor, but everyone is afraid to avoid them! β
The officials were dumbfounded, and only then did they wake up like a dream, Wei Chen seemed to be too busy to care about the trial during this time, and in fact, he had already sent someone to find out their details.
As the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, and Wei Chen's first fire in office burned a famous name of "Wei Qingtian", but now the second fire is about to burn to them.
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Wei Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the hall, and his majestic and cold gaze made none of the officials in the hall dare to look at him, and all the officials lowered their heads in a weak heart.
Wei Chen snorted coldly and continued: "You may not know that the official's father-in-law is from a third-class jinshi, and has served as the magistrate of the county, the prefecture, and the government. β
When the officials heard this, they looked at each other.
They had only heard of Wei Chen's name of six yuan and the first before, and only regarded Wei Chen as a literati and scholar who did not touch the spring water with his hands, even if there were some broken means, after all, he was young and had no Taoism, and he didn't understand these twists and turns in the yamen. But now that I heard it, Wei Chen's father-in-law had been a magistrate for more than ten years, and then I knew that Wei Chen was not good at the lake.
Just when the officials were worried in their hearts, they only heard Wei Chen raise his voice and said: "This official has set a set of assessment methods, clarifying what each department should do, and setting a time limit, and registering it in two account books, one you take away, and one put it here as the bottom of the official, and then check it month by month, those who can go up, and those who can't go down!" β
Wei Chen's reference is actually the "examination method" proposed by Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, and the key is two points, "limit the examination" and "take responsibility for the person".
After the implementation of this law, on the one hand, it can avoid the officials who do things from fighting each other and improve administrative efficiency, and on the other hand, it can also take advantage of the situation to clean up the indiscriminate officials in the state government and cultivate Weichen's own team, so that the decrees issued by Weichen in the future can be implemented and truly benefit the people.
Hearing that Wei Chen's announcement of the new assessment law was so strict, the lazy officials were in an uproar, and they gave each other a look, and then they boldly stepped forward and said: "My lord, such an unconventional method is only afraid of attracting material discussions and causing the court to surrender!" β
Wei Chen heard the threat in this person's tone, but he didn't care at all, and sneered at the moment.
"If someone is dissatisfied, you can go to the provincial governor's yamen to sue the official, if the governor's yamen ignores it, go to Bianjing to knock on the drum and sue the emperor. However, this official wants to remind you that as long as the official does not leave Yuzhou for a day, the Yuzhou Prefecture will still be decided by the official as soon as the matter is resolved, and no one can disobey the order! β
Just kidding, although Wei Chen was demoted to Yuzhou this time, don't forget that he went to Weifu with the will of degrading officials and releasing them, and there was also a three-tailed anchovy!
Moreover, Wei Chen is not only a protΓ©gΓ© of the Son of Heaven who is six yuan and the first, but also a world-famous Wenzong of the world, and even the top boss of Henan, the governor of Henan, has to treat him with courtesy when he sees Wei Chen.
With Wei Chen's status and fame today, if he was still afraid of the threat of a few officials who couldn't get on the stage, then Wei Chen could really go home early to wash and sleep.
The officials were dumbfounded when they saw Wei Chen's unyielding attitude, and then they remembered that this Lord Zhizhou was different from his predecessors, he had a hard waist, and he was not afraid of the people under him to make trouble.
Now they really have no choice, so they have no choice but to grit their teeth and accept their lives, and at the same time secretly hope that Wei Chen is just a new official who is ambitious, and when this fresh energy passes, what should they do in the future.
After Wei Chen sat in the public eucalyptus, he looked around the hall, carefully observed everyone's expressions, and found that most of them were resistant to the newly introduced assessment method, and their faces were listless.
However, there are also some people who are different from the people around them, and their eyes are bright.
Although these people are capable, they have been suppressed in the state government in terms of seniority, and they have long been dissatisfied.
Now that Weichen has clearly shown the attitude of "those who can go up, those who can't go down", they are naturally jubilant, gearing up, and ready to show their strength under the new system, so as to gain the appreciation and trust of the people of Zhizhou.
Wei Chen couldn't help but nod with satisfaction when he saw this, and immediately asked Wei Shuping, a staff member beside him, to write down the names of several of them, and prepare to wait until everyone dispersed, and then meet them alone, so as to encourage them.