Chapter 2579 Guizi Juan Advice, Personnel Re-arrangement

  In fact, there are many intertwined subjects in the fifth year of Yonglong and the eighth year of Yonglong. Many of them are students from Qingtan College or other academies. It's just that Winglong's fifth year is not good enough, so he shines again in Winglong's eighth year.

  For a person of Qi Yongtai's status, the difference between Yonglong's five years and Yonglong's eight years is three years, and it doesn't matter much. As long as he can leave a little impression in his mind, it is considered a success.

"Master Qi, in fact, there are more than these few who are really capable, but some of them have not yet shown their brilliance. The official department still pays too much attention to seniority. I think seniority is important, but what is more important depends on their qualifications in a certain period. In terms of experience, you can’t say that you have been doing nothing for a few years in a certain position, and you are considered to have credit. People often say that I have hard work without credit, and I don’t agree with it,…”

Feng Ziying's words made Qi Yongtai amused, "Why, I remember last time you gave me an article on 'A Preliminary Study of Examination', um, you talked about some ideas about the evaluation, supervision and comparison of officials' performance, which was a bit new. , but some are not realistic, why do you have more ideas?"

"Hey, Master Qi, I am young and like to think about things. I am not used to the situation of the Great Zhou, so I have to think about how to change and improve it. Although it is only a hundred years since the founding of the Great Zhou, it follows the old system of the Ming Dynasty. There are hardly any changes, and the stale atmosphere is very strong. Fortunately, there have been some changes in the cabinet and in the previous Ming Dynasty. Reasonable basis, with the changes of the times, there are many places that need to be improved and improved,…”

Seeing Feng Ziying's seriousness, Qi Yongtai frowned slightly, "It seems that you really have a heart, no matter, if you have any ideas, you can draw up one and show it to me. Junyu, I intend to let him train in the local area for two years. , and entered the Ministry of Officials..."

  Feng Ziying nodded in approval, "Brother Jun Yu has a calm personality and is practical in doing things. I have also communicated with him in this regard, and he also agrees with some of my views, which can be of great use."

  Practicing State Affairs and Feng Ziying agree on some concepts, or because the two have always had a good personal relationship and close contacts, they are greatly influenced by Feng Ziying's ideas and concepts, and gradually accept some viewpoints that many people still have no way to accept.

  Feng Ziying paid special attention to this aspect.

  For example, Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng, from the time they first came to Dangzhi County in Shuntian Prefecture, Feng Ziying also consciously instilled many of her own views and ideas into them, especially in terms of local governance concepts.

  Being an official Why being an official? How to be an official is the most in line with the original intention?

  This issue has been discussed by Feng Ziying, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, Zheng Chongjian, Wu Sheng, Wang Yingxiong, Fang Youdu and many others.

  The idea can be lofty, but when it comes to local governance, what should we do as the county magistrate?

  Traditional taxation, litigation, enlightenment, and public security should be the core requirements of the imperial court for parents and officials in a place, and the evaluation criteria are the evaluation of gentry public opinion and the approval of superior officials.

  In Feng Ziying's view, taxation is the tax collected for the court, which is indeed the core business of the government.

Litigation is slightly marginalized in modern society, but in this era, to a certain extent, it is integrated with public order and education. If education is not good, public order is not stable, and there must be many lawsuits. In Feng Ziying's view, these two things are indeed related to a certain extent, but Some of the more important factors were excluded.

For example, lack of food and lack of relief, such as exorbitant taxes, excessive rents, and overwork lead to poverty among the people, such as the amplification of disasters caused by low productivity or poor infrastructure, which makes the people suffer from natural disasters such as drought and floods Man-made disasters make it difficult to make a living. For example, the strength of the gentry and clan power led to increased exploitation and suppression of ordinary people, but these factors were more or less ignored and ignored.

This is a common phenomenon, but neither the court nor the local government has carefully analyzed it. Of course, it has a lot to do with the monopoly of the gentry, but with the development of productivity and the continuous expansion of the business class, social classes have emerged. If there are some new changes, then Feng Ziying feels that there is something to be done here.

  Following the trend is the fundamental element for an official to make a career. If you can't do this, you will only get hurt or get swept away by the trend.

In the communication with several classmates, Feng Ziying also kept mentioning that officials should keep pace with the times, and clarified the core issues of current local governance. The primary issue is still the problem of people's food and livelihood, and solve the problem of people's livelihood. It is the primary task of any local official. This sentence will never go out of date. Whether it is in Shuntian, Shaanxi, or Nanzhili, a considerable part of the problem of poverty among the people is the cause of local public security. The root cause of Jingjiaohua's non-cultivation, grasping this core, then most of the problems can be solved.

   How can this be resolved? The countermeasure given by Feng Ziying is to do a good job of research according to local conditions, and use scientific and reasonable multi-channel methods to seek solutions.

  For example, in Shaanxi, areas where industry and commerce are difficult to develop in the short term, then it is food production, the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the follow-up and improvement of farmland and water conservancy construction.

For example, in Shuntianfu and Nanzhili, it is necessary to consider not only the livelihood of the poorest part of the population, but also the livelihood of a large group. This livelihood is not simply a living, but a better life beyond the basic living. , then the development of industry and commerce, transportation trade and other industries is the only way to go.

   To put it bluntly, Feng Ziying has used some of the routines of poverty alleviation and economic development in her previous life in this era.

  All changes remain the same. Only when the common people become rich and some property owners can seek wealthier and higher-level income, then the trend of the times will be established.

  Of course Feng Ziying also knows that this truth is actually simple. Many people understand that the officials may seldom take this aspect into consideration, or the methods may be inappropriate because the court’s assessment mechanism is outdated, or they are bound by self-interest, or they stick to outdated ideas.

  But Feng Ziying believes that as long as this principle is clarified, concrete, and even applied to the most important official evaluation mechanism, it will definitely be improved.

Such a great Zhou Dynasty, entered the second decade of the seventeenth century, when the West was racing with thousands of sails and setting off a colonial frenzy after the Age of Discovery, only a slight change in the policies of the Great Zhou could bring greater prosperity. changes, and these changes will in turn stimulate the court to make more changes, forming a virtuous circle.

   Wasn’t there a lot of opposition to the development of Dongfan at the beginning, but the development of Dongfan promoted under the condition that businessmen directly solve the problem and the court put aside it has borne fruit?

  The imperial court can't wait to set up a government system now, and it will be brought under the jurisdiction of Fujian, and it is even looking forward to the tax increase it will bring.

  The same situation happened in Ezo, in Luzon, and even in Jiugang. Didn’t the direction of the wind change?

Therefore, Feng Ziying feels that cultivating a group of like-minded comrades in this area and creating an environment that is more conducive to the promotion and popularization of these ideas is also a top priority, but now I have to rush to Liaodong to solve the urgent need, so this aspect There must be someone to do the business, and Qi Yongtai is undoubtedly the most suitable person if he wants to use state affairs to go to the Ministry of Officials.

  In addition to this group of students, Feng Ziying also constantly indoctrinates and urges the group of people she used in Shuntianfu and Shaanxi through conversations and letters.

Maybe some of them still don't accept it, but because of their own face, they will do some work that suits their wishes, but Feng Ziying will not update it as long as they see the benefits of doing so. On the one hand, the livelihood of the people has indeed improved, and officials The improvement of reputation, on the one hand, is that the imperial court pays more and more attention to and recognizes the achievements made in this area, so people's thinking concepts will also change accordingly.

"Master Qi, Dazhang actually did a great job in Shaanxi. Letting him come back and serve in the Ministry of War was an experience. I think the improvement of the administration of officials is not only necessary for the Ministry of Officials, but also for the Metropolitan Procuratorate. So I think it's a good idea to let Dazhang go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to practice,..."

Qi Yongtai glanced at Feng Ziying, "You are the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate now, Jing Qiu is not in charge now, maybe he will step down in the next step, you can have a good talk with him, even if you want to go to Liaodong, But you are also the censor of the right capital after all, but I suggest you let Dazhang stay in the Ministry of War for a while, he is a Yuanwailang, how to arrange to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is it directly promoted to the censor of the capital, jumping to the third level? I Even Shoufu couldn't do it,..."

The Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the second rank, the deputy capital imperial envoy is the third rank, and the capital censor is the fourth rank. Zheng Chongjian went to the Ministry of War, a member of Wai Lang, from the fifth rank, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate could barely be promoted to the fifth rank, that is, he was in Shaanxi. Fengxiang Mansion is at the same level as a magistrate, but now he is a Beijing official.

  It is very difficult for him to come back and get down a level. It is very important to restore the fifth rank in a year. If he wants to be promoted to the fourth rank, there will be chaos inside, and Qi Yongtai can't hold it back.

   "Then I intend to let Dazhang follow me to Liaodong for training..." Feng Ziying seemed to have realized something.

  Qi Yongtai nodded slightly, as a disciple of his own, he still knows a little bit about it.

It is very simple to go to Liaodong to make military exploits, and civil servants are promoted because of military merits. Feng Ziying is the coach in Liaodong, let Zheng Chongjian work in Liaodong for a few years, and it is easy to share some credit for Zheng Chongjian. In the courtyard, it makes sense to arrange a right-hand capital censor.

   "It's normal for the Ministry of War to go to people. You also need to arrange some people to go with you. You can just ask yourself." Qi Yongtai said lightly.

  (end of this chapter)