Lian Guoshi should be regarded as the most core member of Feng Ziying's group.

In addition to Lian Guoshi, who most agrees with many of Feng Ziying's ideas and has the closest relationship with Feng Ziying, what's more important is that Lian Guoshi was the top scholar in the subject in the fifth year of Yonglong. He also had great influence among the northern scholars and even the entire group of young scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Big, it can be said that it is second only to Feng Ziying.

 Furthermore, Lian Guo was an upright and friendly person, capable and practical in his work, and was better at some aspects than Feng Ziying.

In addition, Lian Jia is also a prominent scholar in eastern Henan and is very influential in Henan, so this kind of help can be called God's help.

This is why Feng Ziying went to great lengths to first gain the approval of Cui Jingrong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and then took great pains to convince Gu Bingqian, and finally made some deals to win Guan Yingzhen's consent, and finally sent the matter of state training to the Ministry of Personnel. In the key position of Right Minister.

It is not just as simple as being a third-grade minister. If you want to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Punishments, you don’t need to spend so much effort. But the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel is different. This will determine how many people in your camp can be in the next few years. Pull it up quickly.

With his skills and ability to practice state affairs, Feng Ziying believed that he could successfully complete his ideas and handle them perfectly so as not to attract doubts from the outside world.

The age for practicing state affairs is not very young. He was born in the 23rd year of Yuanxi and is already thirty-six years old. He is in his prime and worthy of a big responsibility.

 In comparison, Geng Ruqi is four years older than Lian Guoshi, while Pan Ruzhen is older, already in his forties.

Although the two of them are quite capable in doing things, they do not have the status of number one scholar, nor have they been admitted to the Hanlin Academy. Their reputation is far less than that of practicing state affairs, so they suffered a big loss in this regard.

So in the end, Feng Ziying wants to choose Lian Guoshi as the core training object. First, he must determine the identity of Lian Guoshi and let him play a key role in a key position.

"Ziying, pushing me to this position is equivalent to putting me on the fire. Do you know that as soon as I went to the official department to report, countless people stared at me, including several doctors, outsiders, and the chief executive? Such a person, his eyes are about to burst out with fire."

Lian Guoshi smiled brightly, took the teacup handed over by Feng Ziying himself, wiped it, shook his head and said.

"Haha, such an exaggeration? Why, if you don't become the Right Assistant Minister, it will be their turn? I'm afraid no one would have such wishful thinking, right?" Feng Ziying sneered, "If you really think you are capable, don't stay in the ministry all the time. Go down. Go to the state capital and work hard for me for a few years, be it a mule or a horse, and walk for me in the local area, only then will you be able to show your true qualities."

Langzhong is just a five -product, no matter how he will go to the four -level heater waiter, unless you set up the great credit.

How can you, as a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, make such a great contribution? It’s not as good as in the Ministry of War, where you may still have a chance. You spend all your time wandering around in assessments, evaluations, and data documents. How can you achieve such great achievements?

"Are you just jealous and envious people who think that you are young and suddenly promoted from a local position to a minister, so they are very angry?" Feng Ziying continued: "Tell them, if you really want to be envious, don't be envious and jealous. Follow me! I'm less than thirty and I've already joined the cabinet. If you want to be successful, follow my example and go to the local areas, such as Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, and work for three to five years. As long as they are not bad, I guarantee that they can do it. Upgrade more than two levels in a row and see if they are willing to go!"

 Feng Ziying's words also made Lian Guoshi amused.

How can those people who are used to having a leisurely life in the bureaucracy go to such a poor and remote place without knowing whether they will come back alive? Are they trying to force them to resign?

"Okay, I also know that they are just a little unhappy because I came up from somewhere, but so what? It's still like you said. If you are not convinced, just go to the south and the north and have a taste of the food in the borderlands. Taste, taste the joys and sorrows of the people in the barren land, and if you can understand the true taste, your journey will be worthwhile, and your promotion will be justified."

 Lianguo Shi also understood clearly, "It's a pity that no one wants to go."

"So don't be unconvinced. People have to bow their heads under the eaves. Those who are unconvinced but have no ability should sneak out as soon as possible. Don't stay in the staff and do bad things." Feng Ziying said unceremoniously: "I I have said to Duke Liuji and Duke Ziqiang that government is politics, and if officials do not govern, the country will not be a country."

The practice of state affairs also began to get down to business, and he asked in a deep voice: "Ziying, in your opinion, what is official governance?"

Feng Ziying asked back: "Jun Yu, do you know how to pass the exam?"

"Of course I know that the imperial court has issued it to all prefectures and counties, which involves considerable reforms, but there are differences in each region. For example, can Yan'an Prefecture be the same as Ningbo Prefecture? Can Jiangning County be the same as Wubao County? ? Of course it’s impossible, so there should be differences and emphasis in the assessment and evaluation. This point is also mentioned in the Entrance Examination Law, but more power is given to each province, so it depends on each province’s specific details, but there are One thing I feel, and it may arouse a lot of repercussions, is that the influence on the evaluation of country gentlemen has been greatly weakened..."

Lian Guoshi was keenly aware that the examination method had greatly weakened the influence of local squires on the evaluation of local officials. In other words, there would be a very obvious change in the evaluation of local officials by the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the future. There are three main evaluation criteria: one is the evaluation of Shangguan, the other is the evaluation of squires, and the third is the performance of taxation, education, and public security. The evaluation of squires is not light.

 But there have been huge changes in the current examination method. Although the evaluation of Shangguan still carries a lot of weight, the weight of the third category, that is, political performance, has been greatly increased, while the evaluation of squire has been greatly weakened.

Moreover, there have been major changes in the categories of political achievements. Taxation is still important, and public security has not changed. However, three categories have been added: food production (including agricultural and sideline product production), industrial and commercial development, and infrastructure construction, and the proportions of these three categories have been added. Not lightly, it requires annual increases in grain or agricultural and sideline products production, industrial and commercial taxes, and increases in the number of industrial and commercial enterprises, while infrastructure construction is reflected in annual investment amounts.

This change means that local officials pay more attention to practical matters in specific matters, rather than some pragmatic enlightenment, such as the development of industrial and commercial industries, the increase of agricultural and sideline products, and investment in infrastructure construction. These can be demonstrated and supported by real data. What is reflected is also more intuitive and simpler in terms of assessment and evaluation.

"Yes, I did put forward a lot of my views and opinions on the examination method, and Master Qi generally accepted my opinions and wrote them into the examination method. This is why I want to have a good talk with you today. The main content of the discussion.”

 Feng Ziying did not mince words.

“Well, Ziying, do you mean that the future evaluation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will also focus on performance, and the same will be true for the selection of officials?” Lian Guoshi said softly, stroking his beard.

"That's what I mean." Feng Ziying thought for a while, "But that's not the most important thing I want to talk to you about today. I want to talk to you about some of the views and ideas that you and I have discussed over the years. Now that I have joined the cabinet, and you have also become the Minister of Civil Affairs, how can we implement many of our views and ideas into these daily lives in the future? Or to be more straightforward, how can we implement our views in future court affairs? Ideas to make the country and its people better?"

Lian Guoshi was slightly surprised, but this statement was a bit big, and in a sense it was also a bit too much.

Feng Ziying is just a cabinet minister. Even if he has some say, in the final analysis, he still has to obey the overall opinions of the cabinet. How come he has to implement his intentions?

As if aware of Lian Guo Shi's surprise, Feng Ziying didn't care and said to herself: "Jun Yu, I won't hide it from you. The current situation in the cabinet is not very good. Everyone blows his own trumpet and sings his own tune. You come to Beijing." Later, you will gradually feel that some major issues have been discussed for a long time, and many specific issues have to be pushed and implemented by yourself. It can be said that this is very disappointing. "

“In what aspects are the internal conflicts within the cabinet specifically reflected?” Lian Guoshi asked in confusion.

"There are various aspects, including different opinions, personal grievances, factional differences, and even more entangled interests. It is difficult to sum it up in one word. So in the past few months, I have also felt a headache, so I I’m thinking, if that’s the case, why can’t I just follow the path I think is right? Who can say anything about us if we do things that are beneficial to the country and the people?”

Feng Ziying's words were sonorous, "I just want to have a good talk with you today about what we think this country should look like in the next three to five years or even ten years, and what we should do to achieve the goal in our minds. In addition to our Besides, should we invite more people to join in to achieve the beautiful goal that everyone agrees on? This goal should be beneficial to the country and the people, and we should also determine a series of specific goals according to time, so that We will achieve these goals in accordance with the timeline and fulfill our commitments.”

Lian Guoshi finally realized that today’s conversation was not about simply communicating opinions, but about unifying thoughts, building consensus, and determining a feasible planning plan.

 Feng Ziying must have a very grand narrative plan in mind, and it involves everyone's views on the future.

Feng Ziying’s intention is also very obvious, which is to find like-minded people and gather all the strength of these people to fight and work hard for it.

But instead of being disgusted with practicing state affairs, he was actually excited. As a scholar, he originally came with the purpose of cultivating himself, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. Moreover, he and Feng Ziying had communicated and discussed many things over the years, and they had a lot of consensus. Now it is When you can show your ambition. (End of chapter)