Chapter 1259 Movement and Stillness of Geng Scroll

  While Feng Ziying was leisurely enjoying the good time of her wedding leave and spring break, the internal disputes in the Great Zhou Dynasty had to be ended.

  The Minister of the Household Department, Zheng Jizhi, finally fell ill and could no longer take care of things. This is a very bad signal.

  Now the war situation in the Southwest, the supplies on the nine frontiers, and the new construction in the southeast all need a very familiar capable minister from the household department to support them, but when Zheng Jizhi fell ill, the center of the imperial court suddenly stagnated in terms of finances.

Although Cui Jingrong is considered an expert among them, he cannot compare with Zheng Jizhi in terms of prestige. Facing the internal coordination between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, it is still lacking. In addition, everyone knows that the next minister of the Ministry of Households will come from the North Scholars, Cui Jingrong is useless, so everyone will not obey Cui Jingrong's arrangement.

It is necessary to come up with a decision as soon as possible. This is the unanimous opinion of the cabinet members. If it is delayed, it will become a disaster for the court due to factional disputes. Neither the emperor nor the officials in the court will be satisfied. The prestige of the princes is also a harm.

  Wenyuan Pavilion, the prime minister's office.

  Ye Xianggao was full of fatigue, Fang Congzhe had dark circles under his eyes, Qi Yongtai frowned deeply, Li Tingji looked gloomy, and Li Sancai took it lightly.

   This game almost exhausted everyone present, especially Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai.

The three of them occupy a dominant position in the cabinet, and most of Li Tingji's views are consistent with Ye Xianggao's. It's better to keep silent.

The point of view of changing from six ministries to seven ministries has been established. The Ministry of Commerce is independent from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry. There is a separate department. Tax savings.

As far as the Ministry of Households is concerned, this piece of commercial tax has not yet affected the power center of the Ministry of Households. In addition, Zheng Jizhi fell ill, and Huang Ruliang, the incoming Minister of the Ministry of Households, is not qualified to participate in it for the time being, and the new Minister of Industry, who is about to take office Cui Jingrong was still pending before, so it was a foregone conclusion that the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry would divest some of their responsibilities and powers and hand them over to the newly established Ministry of Commerce.

  If Feng Ziying is here, you can feel that the Ministry of Commerce of the Great Zhou Dynasty is more like a collection of customs, industry and commerce bureaus, tax bureaus and development and reform commissions. Of course, the functions of the first three are more prominent, while the functions of the development and reform commission are still very weak.

Of course, this is only a preliminary division, and it also involves the detailed adjustment of many specific responsibilities, which can only be discussed slowly after it is down. Finalize, this is the most important thing today.

  Huang Ruliang, Minister of the Ministry of Households, from Jinjiang, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, Cui Jingrong, Minister of Industry, from Changyuan, Daming Prefecture, Northern Zhi, Ying Zhen, Minister of Commerce, Huanggang, Huangzhou Prefecture, Huguang, Gu Bingqian, Minister of Rites, and Kunshan, Southern Zhi.

  In fact, these candidates have been decided earlier, and basically there is no difference, but on the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the parties are at loggerheads.

In the end, Qi Yongtai made a compromise and agreed that Liu Yixiu would be the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, but the censor of the right capital left by Liu Yixiu was taken over by Qiao Yingjia, but the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was Zhang Huaichang, Zhang Huaichang was from Liaodong, and Qiao Yingjia was Shanxi people are all from the north. According to the usual practice, the left and right censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot be from the same area, so if Qiao Yingjia takes over as the censor of the right capital, then Zhang Huaichang, who is the censor of the left capital, will have to move. Zuodu Yushi has been around for a long time, so the cabinet also felt that it was time for Zhang Huaichang to make a move.

  The problem is that Zhang Huaichang, as the censor of Zuodu, can only go to two positions if he wants to move.

  This is a difficult problem. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is the position that the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River aspire to, and it is absolutely impossible to let it go.

   "Brother Jinqing, I thought it would be more reasonable for Brother Huaichang to be Minister of the Ministry of War and Brother Jing Qiu to be the Censor of Zuodu..." After thinking for a long time, Qi Yongtai made his own suggestion.

  Ye Xianggao glanced at Fang Congzhe, Fang Congzhe also hesitated and said: "Is it appropriate for Huaichang to be the minister of the Ministry of War? In addition, Jing Qiu is the censor of the left capital. Where is the emperor..."

Everyone knows that Zhang Jingqiu is the emperor's confidant, so that this famous scholar-official from Southern Zhili is now a bit like a grandma who doesn't love his uncle, and the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are indifferent to him, and it is impossible for the scholars in the north to regard him as For his own sake, Zhang Jingqiu has been in an embarrassing situation for so many years as Minister of the Ministry of War.

  Now it is adjusted to Zuodu Censor, which can be regarded as a slight promotion or a flat transfer, but for the emperor, is it more important to be in charge of the Ministry of War?

"Brother Zhonghan, everyone is aware of the situation in the Beijing camp. It is being rebuilt. As long as the Ministry of War respects the emperor's opinion and re-establishes the three major battalions according to the emperor's opinion, I think that perhaps brother Huaichang is more suitable than brother Jingqiu. After all, he came from Liaodong, and he is very familiar with the situation in Liaodong, and he knows better where the biggest threat to our Great Zhou comes from."

Qi Yongtai put forward his own point of view: "As for Brother Jing Qiu going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I think the court will also consider some adjustments to the selection and inspection system of our central and local officials in the next step. I have already raised it with brother Jinqing and the emperor, but it has been delayed. Originally, I also considered whether to wait until the situation calms down before raising it, but now I feel that the situation will not change in two or three years or even three to five years. It's too easy, so I think it should be promoted as soon as possible."

   This matter was brought up by Qi Yongtai at this time, Ye Xianggao was quite surprised. He knew that Qi Yongtai must have prepared for a long time, but is the current situation suitable?

In addition, what does this have to do with Zhang Jingqiu being the censor of Zuodu? Ye Xianggao suddenly understood that if the candidates for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate cannot satisfy the emperor, then this new assessment system must be very difficult Obtain the support of the emperor. If the support of the emperor is lacking, then this kind of change in the assessment system will not be really implemented.

Ye Xianggao was a little uncertain for a while and hesitated, while Fang Congzhe frowned and said: "Chengfeng, your suggestion is very good, but how to reform and correct the official assessment system you mentioned, I'm afraid it will not be just a few empty words. It can be done, and it is not easy to make it truly effective, and how to operate it is also a difficult task.”

"Zhonghan, we all know that if we want to accomplish these things, there will be many difficulties in any of them, but if we always hold the idea of ​​putting it aside, letting it go, and waiting for a while, we will never be able to really push forward. Get up." Qi Yongtai said sternly: "I used to have the same thoughts, but it turned out that the more I waited, the more I wasted my determination, and in the end I found that there were more and more difficulties, and the more I didn't want to start, in the end, it was nothing at all. I can't move."

Qi Yongtai's words moved Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe a lot. They were both dragons and phoenixes, outstanding people who stood out from thousands of officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Naturally, they knew what Qi Yongtai said was reasonable. If you want to procrastinate because of emotions, then don’t try to accomplish a thing. The so-called objective difficulties exist at any time, and it will even become more and more difficult to achieve because of the difficulty of the big week itself. It is precisely because of this that we should push forward decisively.

When Qi Yongtai took office as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he proposed specific measures for the supervision and promotion of officials' assessment at various levels, such as using six departments to supervise six departments, and six departments to supervise localities. Three-volume system, one volume is handed over to the cabinet, one volume is handed over to the six departments, and one volume is in the emperor's hands. Then there are layers of supervision, and the cabinet takes over. The Ministry of Commerce, and these five departments are directly related to the provinces.

  In this way, the big plan for the local government every three years and the Beijing inspection and assessment method for Beijing officials every six years have been changed to monthly inspection and implementation, and annual summary and implementation. The evaluation of officials' promotion and promotion is more specific and timely.

  Ye Xianggao's attitude became clearer at this time, and he nodded: "Chengfeng, I agree with your idea. After Cunzhi becomes the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, this matter can be promoted,..."

Seeing Ye Xianggao expressed his attitude, Qi Yongtai felt more at ease. Today's plan involves the direction of the Great Zhou Dynasty for many years in the future. But Li Sancai's **** is crooked, and it's not bad if he can't hold back the scholars in the north, so he is alone, and it's not bad to get this result.

"Brother Jinqing, let's make an agreement. After the new year, the personnel of various departments will be settled, and I will have a good talk with Cunzhi, and we must move as soon as possible." Qi Yongtai glanced at Fang Congzhe again. Gao Panlong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was a compromise reached between Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe. Gao Panlong was still lacking in terms of qualifications, but Fang Congzhe strongly recommended him. In addition, Ye Xianggao also believed that Gao Panlong was an upright person and had rules in his work, so he agreed. .

   "Yes." Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe exchanged glances and agreed.

  After this matter is finalized, Qi Yongtai wants to take advantage of the victory to pursue: "In addition, how will Han Yu arrange it? I intend to replace Wu Daonan with Han Yu as the governor of Shuntian Mansion. The current situation of Shuntian Mansion is well known, and Wu Daonan can be transferred to the left servant of the Ministry of Rites."

As soon as Qi Yongtai's words came out, both Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe suddenly changed their expressions. Although they had known for a long time that many people were dissatisfied with Wu Daonan's idleness in the position of Governor of Shuntian Mansion, even some officials from Jiangnan, but Qi Yongtai The proposal to change Wu Daonan was still unacceptable to them.

  (end of this chapter)