This night is destined to leave countless people sleepless.

Gu Guanqiao, three people, and even more people gathered in the mansion to discuss, analyze and even discuss how to face this huge change and situation.

Whether you like it or not, this reality is already in front of you and you must face it calmly.

 Guan Yingzhen silently picked up the tea cup, put it in his hand for a while, and finally put it down again.

“Father, Master Zishu is here.” A man in his thirties came in and whispered.

"Invite him to come in. Well, wait a minute and ask him to sit in the living room." Guan Yingzhen nodded. It was time to make a decision. Looking at his eldest son, he asked in a deep voice. : "Suizhi, do you have any idea of ​​​​going down to the place and going up?"

Guan Fubang looked at his father in surprise. Although he was a top three scholar, he had done a good job in his work. Why did his father suddenly think of going to work on his own?

"Why did my father say this? My son is doing very well in the engineering field, so why should he go down to another place?" There is a big difference between a court official and a local official. Even if you can get promoted by two levels immediately, you still need to be demoted back when you come back. , which is also the reason why many people are unwilling to move.

"Suizhi, the situation is different." Guan Yingzhen shook his head, "Ziying is about to take office as the chief assistant. You have also read through the examination method. I wonder if you have noticed it. The evaluation rules for local officials in the place where you have passed the examination are especially Detailed, on the contrary, the assessment of court officials is much rough, what does this mean?"

 “What does it mean?” Guan Fubang was a little confused.

"It shows that Ziying's mind is local." Guan Yingzhen sighed, "Ziying has always admired a saying that the prime minister must start from a prefecture or county. According to him, if he has not served in a local prefecture or county, It is difficult for officials to understand the real situation below, and they cannot serve well as ministers, let alone ministers and ministers."

Guan Fubang was surprised and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"If my prediction is correct, in the future the imperial court will definitely make major reforms to the imperial examination and even Jinshi's administration and appointment. If you have no experience in serving as a local government official, it will be difficult to get re-employed in the future, especially to the position of important minister. , and may even become a rigid regulation to promote reuse.”

Guan Yingzhen's words shocked Guan Fubang, "Father, isn't it?"

"Huh, not that? Why not? How old is Ziying? But he stayed in Yongping Mansion and Shuntian Mansion for four or five years, and then went to Shaanxi, Jiangnan and Liaodong for a few years. He is a dignified person. He was born in the Hanlin Academy as a compiler, but how many days did he really stay in Beijing? I have a deep understanding of it. At his age, the position of chief assistant for twenty years would probably be reserved for young people. If he had saved Who can disprove this idea?"

Guan Yingzhen sneered, "I'm telling you, it means that if you can, you might as well go down early, and the choice will be much larger. When everyone realizes this in the future and all rush to go down, there won't be much." There’s a good spot for you to choose.”

Guan Fubang was not the kind of person who would kill decisively. He hesitated before asking: "Father, is there really such a big change?"

"Suizhi, can being a father still hurt you? I know Ziying's character very well. Whatever you set your mind to, you must do it without giving up. Although the examination method is promoted by Chengfeng, Ziying still has to show it. Yes, let me tell you, this time Ziying comes to power, the court will definitely make a series of big moves in the next few years. It is not just as simple as opening up territory or focusing on industry and commerce economically, but also the administration of officials. Otherwise, the leftist government will How could people like Guangdou support him so easily? Zishu wouldn't respect him so much."

Father's words made Guan Fubang a little puzzled: "Father, do you mean that Ziying wants to rectify the administration of officials and eliminate corruption?"

Guan Yingzhen stroked his forehead helplessly, looked at his eldest son with some hatred and said: "How can official governance be as simple as controlling corruption? Controlling corruption is only one aspect of it. Ziying is responsible for the current way of doing things in the entire official administrative system. Not satisfied with the traditional culture, he wants to reshape the entire bureaucratic structure and promote government administration from the central to the local level, instead of the current culture of procrastination and fatigue, where more things are worse than less things, and he even doesn’t know what to do at all. , but also to select officials who can do good things and achieve success, and Ziying must regard the local area as a stage and judge heroes based on their performance on the stage..."

Guan Fubang finally understood the meaning of his father's words and couldn't help but said: "Father, are you really planning to retire?"

Guan Yingzhen raised his head and thought for a while, "What if I don't retreat? Should I let my father take care of Ziying? Do I still want this old face? Haha, it's not just me, Liuji and Rujun probably They are all facing the same predicament as me, right? That’s all, I’m not young anymore, and I just happen to go back to my hometown to give lectures and write books. Your third brother is about the same. He can’t even survive Qiu Wei. I should go back to Haosheng to supervise and supervise. Okay, let’s write something by the way..."

Guan Yingzhen's three sons, the eldest son Guan Fubang, the second son Guan Fuji, and the third son Guan Fuchen. Guan Fubang and Guan Fuji were all Jinshi, but Guan Fuji was still in the period of observing politics, while Guan Fuchen was It's because he's always missed, and it's also Guan Yingzhen's heartache.

“Then my father’s intention is to entrust the affairs of the court to Brother Zishu?” Guan Fubang couldn’t help but ask again.

Chai Ke's relationship with his father is actually average, far less close than that of Yang He, Wu Liangsi, Huang Yanshi and others. However, Chai Ke and Guo Zhengyu have always been very close to Feng Ziying.

"Look, Zi Shu is probably the only one who can shoulder this heavy burden. Xiu Ling (Yang He) and Fei Bai (Xiong Tingbi) are not enough, Wen Ru (Yang Lian) is too tough, and Meiming (Guo Zhengyu) is too tough. ), Ming Zhong (Wu Liangsi), and Yimei (Huang Yanshi) are all worse."

Guan Yingzhen understood his son's thoughts, but now only Chai Ke among Huguang scholars could carry the banner, and Feng Ziying was afraid that he would only choose Chai Ke to join the cabinet.

Huguang scholars are actually very well-established in the court, but the number of people who have actually entered the important ministers is still not enough to support the scene, so this is also a big regret.

Like Wu Liangsi and Huang Yanshi, Guan Yingzhen admired him the most, was closest to his own ideas, and was extremely protective of the interests of Huguang scholars. However, one of them was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the other was the Secretary of General Affairs. Zuo Tongzheng is still a little bit mature, and this is what he will tell Chai Ke next.

There are still many things to be done for the future growth of the Huguang scholars. Guan Yingzhen has made up his mind to do his best to promote this matter when he returns to Chu. As for the DPRK side, it will be left to Chai Ke. Only by working together can the two sides work together. Let the scholars of Huguang be able to compete with Beidi and Jiangnan in the future.

"Then can Brother Zishu join the cabinet?" Guan Fubang pondered: "But Ziying and Brother Zishu have always had a quarrel with each other, and Brother Zishu has strongly supported Ziying this time. Maybe Ziying will let Brother Zishu go." Be the assistant?"

Guan Yingzhen laughed, "How can it be as simple as you think? How will Ziying repay Zixian (Xu Guangqi)? Maybe Zishu can join the cabinet, but Ziying will let Zishu take charge of what. This is the most important position, and the second assistant position Don’t think about it, not to mention my father’s understanding of Ziying. I’m afraid that the status of this second assistant is not much different from that of other group assistants, and Ziying will not allow others to challenge his status.”