Chapter 2217 It's the right time to be the secretary of the Kuizijuan!

   Lian State Affairs is a person who does practical things. After arriving in Xi'an, Feng Ziying handed over all the things that he valued most in Xi'an Mansion to Lian State Affairs.

   It is the first time for the two to work together, but they have known each other for a long time and have similar temperaments, so they feel more at ease when they cooperate.

  Fengxiang Mansion has Zheng Chongjian, Xi'an Mansion has state affairs practice, Geng Ruqi is in Yan'an Mansion, and he himself is in the center, Shaanxi will be able to stabilize most of it.

  The magistrate of Hanzhong Prefecture is Wang Qia. He is from Linyi, Shandong, and he is from Feng Ziying's township. With this kind of relationship, it is much easier to deal with.

  Besides, Wang Qia is fair and has a high prestige in Hanzhong. In the past two years, there have been riots all over Shaanxi. Relatively speaking, Hanzhong is the most stable.

  So Feng Ziying did not even go to Hanzhong for a tour, but after Wang Qia took the initiative to come to Xi'an for a discussion, Feng Ziying entrusted Wang Qia with the affairs of Hanzhong Mansion.

Among the remaining few mansions, Feng Ziying was not satisfied with the situation in Qingyang and Pingliang, so he has been considering personnel adjustments, but he also knows that this is not something that can be done overnight, and the Ministry of Officials is not run by himself, not by himself. You can adjust whoever you want.

The power of officials in this feudal dynasty is great, but more power is in doing things. On the contrary, it is in the arrangement of personnel, which is more concentrated in the central government. .

  Of course, it is impossible for the Ministry of Officials to manage it. To a large extent, it is still through daily assessments and inspections to evaluate meritorious service, and then adjust it. Here, the superiors of officials at all levels have a greater say.

   In addition to the unsurprising performance of the officials in Qingyang and Pingliang Prefectures, Feng Ziying from the more remote Gongchang and Lintao Prefectures also made a special trip.

The geography of these two places is difficult, but the farming is not done. Officials from the magistrate to the magistrate to the general judge are hardly satisfactory. Feng Ziying used one word to describe it, which is mediocrity and step-by-step, but this is exactly what officials from all over the world are doing in this era. normality.

Feng Ziying is very clear that he has no ability to change the entire Shaanxi officials according to his own ideas in just one or two years, not to mention the magistrates of the prefectures and counties, even the prefects and fellow magistrates of various prefectures. do it.

   Firstly, he does not have this power, secondly, he does not have so many officials in reserve that he likes, and thirdly, the time is too short.

  If he can work as the governor of Shaanxi for ten or eight years, maybe he can barely do it, but this is undoubtedly wishful thinking, and it is impossible.

"Personnel issues should be the key factor for many local affairs that are difficult to advance, or difficult to move forward." Feng Ziying looked at the prefectural magistrates of more than ten prefectures and counties in Pingliang and Qingyang that Wang Wenyan and Wu Yaoqing painstakingly prepared for him. Situation and their reality performance material, could not help but sigh.

  Among the magistrates of the fourteen prefectures and counties, only two were Jinshi, seven were Juren, and five were Gongsheng.

  This kind of situation is unimaginable in Jiangnan, and it is basically impossible in Beizhi, Shandong, Shanxi, and Huguang.

The prefects and counties in the south of the Yangtze River are basically all from Jinshi background, and the prefectures and counties in Beizhi and Shandong account for 70 to 80% of them. Second officer.

"Your Excellency, you can't expect these places to be compared with those in Jiangnan. The literary style here is not strong, and in these remote areas, who would like to come here if you come from a Jinshi?" Wang Wenyan laughed: "Besides, this is not entirely a matter of official background. However, I think that there is a lack of detailed assessment rules for prefectures and counties from the province to the government. The examination rules issued by the Ministry of Officials are too rough and mere formalities. Some targeted adjustments were made according to local conditions, but they were not made.”

Feng Ziying glanced at Wang Wenyan, "Wenyan, isn't the examination rule from the imperial court the same? Each province has different specific circumstances, and each job also has its own focus, but the examination standards of the Ministry of Officials are collected from the Ministry of Transfer, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment. Is there any opinion from the Ministry of Industry? Maybe there was, but it only comes once every ten or eight years. Logically speaking, this should be adjusted every year by soliciting opinions. feeling?"

Wang Wenyan nodded, "The examination rules are too rigid and dogmatic, it is difficult to mobilize the enthusiasm of the officials below, and it is not targeted, so many officials copy it mechanically and follow the steps step by step. As a result, the situation has not changed in the past few years, but The evaluation above is still the same, so who cares about the evaluation rules?"

"The key is that the assessment rules are not linked to many specific local affairs!" Feng Ziying said with emotion, "Construction of water conservancy, construction of post roads, and industrial and commercial development, these are not things that can be done overnight, who is willing to do it? Those empty heads How can this kind of examination method make capable and unconnected officials stand out?"

  Feng Ziying's sigh also resonated with Wang Wenyan.

  When he was a small official in Shexian County, he thought that the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were too easy to be, especially the chief officials of Nazhou County, who basically acted as Bodhisattvas with nothing, and followed the requirements of the above step by step.

  Everything has to be done by the staff, the assistant officials, and the lower officials. There is neither initiative nor creativity, and many people are even unwilling to integrate with the local reality.

  Anyway, the superiors and the local gentry will be judged by the higher authorities. In this case, it is only necessary to please the superiors and the local gentry, and those in the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate don’t care about what they did.

  Feng Ziying served two terms as Tongzhi and Fucheng in Yongping Mansion and Shuntian Mansion. Their responsibilities were similar, but they were basically performing the duties of chief officials, so they had a deep understanding of the disadvantages here.

After arriving in Shaanxi, I dissected sparrows from Yan’an Prefecture, and then conducted further observation and analysis in Xi’an Prefecture, especially considering that Shaanxi is now facing a catastrophe. To a large extent, it has a lot to do with the quality and ability of local officials.

However, judging from the evaluations of officials from various places obtained by the chief envoy, it is completely different from the current performance of these counties and counties. Many evaluations were excellent in the past few years, but in fact the counties are full of starvation, refugees flee like waves, and people in disorder Riots swarmed.

Yan'an Prefecture takes Qingjian, Yanchang, Yanchuan, Yichuan, Luochuan, and Yijun counties as examples. In fact, these counties are not the worst in terms of conditions in Yan'an Prefecture, but they have the largest number of refugees. The largest, the most serious land annexation, and the powerful and evil gentry are the strongest, but in the evaluation, the evaluation of the magistrates of these counties is relatively good.

   On the contrary, counties such as Suide, Mizhi, Wubao, Shenmu, and Fugu are all passable, but they are all evaluated at the middle and lower levels.

Not to mention the counties of Fushi and Ganquan, those are Pan Ruzhen's territories, and he wants to protect them as a magistrate, but those prefectures and counties in front are obviously the reaction of the local gentry and the connections of the prefects and county magistrates. Worked.

   But in Feng Ziying's eyes, these actual performances are completely different.

"My lord, this mechanism is also left over from the Great Zhou Dynasty following the pre-Ming Dynasty. In fact, there are reactions from all over the country, and the court is not unclear, but how to improve this examination mechanism, how to make officials have a more Superiority is more in line with the practical way to judge with all your heart, and then mobilize the motivation of officials to do things. This is a rather large and cumbersome task. I am afraid that it cannot be done by the Ministry of Officials or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It has to be done by the cabinet. Take the lead to pull the president, and the other seven ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate must participate to make it possible."

  Wang Wenyan thought it over before suggesting.

  He knew that Dong Weng had great ambitions, but doing something was different from doing this kind of thing.

  The former are specific matters, while the latter is to change the governance model of a dynasty.

  With Feng Ziying's current status, even if he has the support of northern scholars like Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, it is absolutely impossible.

Maybe give Feng Ziying ten or twenty years, he will be the first assistant, and there will be a large group of officials such as Lian Guoshi, Zheng Chongjian, Fu Shi, Pan Ruzhen, Xu Junyang, and even Zuo Liangyu and Yang Zhaoji who have occupied considerable positions to fully support him , in order to be successful.

Seeing the insincere expression on Wang Wenyan's face, Feng Ziying also laughed: "Do you think I'm worrying too much? This shouldn't be my business. As the governor of Shaanxi, I should do the affairs of Shaanxi well. I know that I am not qualified to ask about these things now, but I think that in some specific aspects, I can still practice some of my ideas. At least in Shaanxi, I can try to use this method to I still have the power to select and screen officials, or I can use my own influence in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Procuratorate to do more, as long as I can do a little, then do a little,..."

  Wang Wenyan also sighed when he saw Feng Ziying's firm eyes.

  This may be the characteristics of those who achieve great things. Only with a firm and unwavering heart can you stick to your beliefs and persevere consistently, and you will not shrink back when encountering setbacks. Only in this way can you succeed.

  Many people are actually not bad in terms of talent, but most of them lack a spiritual trait in it.

Seeing that Wang Wenyan was silent, Feng Ziying didn't care. He had made up his mind and he wouldn't change it. Wang Wenyan and the others must feel that they were a little ignorant and young and vigorous, but as someone said, not being young and vigorous, Are you still young? Don't do some whimsical things while you are young, and wait until you are middle-aged, maybe you should be content with the status quo and be happy to enjoy it. It's time to do things!

  (end of this chapter)