This can be regarded as a showdown in disguise. Through Qiao Yingjia, who is about to retire, a group of veteran northern scholars like Han Xu and Sun Juxiang expressed their attitude.

 If you don’t keep pace with the times, you will be eliminated.

 Feng Ziying is not sure what effect her showdown will bring.

Han Xu and Sun Juxiang are both resolute and stubborn people, or at worst, rigid people. Unlike Cui Jingrong and Wang Yongguang, who are more willing to compromise and lively, will they accept their own strength? ?

 But Feng Ziying needs her own persistence.

Reform has always been a life-and-death game, less **** but equally cruel. This was necessary to push the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was still in the feudal era, to move towards modern society, and even to advance one step ahead in some cases.

 Choose to summon some local officials to Beijing to participate in the imperial meeting, which was also a move taken by Feng Ziying.

For those old-fashioned people who have been immersed in the center for a long time, they have lost their sensitivity to the external world, especially to the various local changes, and choose some local officials to come to Beijing to talk about some of the current local changes and problems. , can help these people clear their minds, and also help strengthen their right to speak.

 But before that, he needs to negotiate some personnel changes in advance and complete his intentions.

“Brothers Ziqiang Gong and Zishu will join the cabinet, but their officials and household ministers will not step down from their posts for the time being. I will wait until after the meeting to determine the candidates for these two positions.”

 Feng Ziying was discussing with Lian Guoshi, while Wang Wenyan next to him was still immersed in sorting out the first draft of the "Five-Year Government Plan".

"Do you want me to go to the Ministry of Personnel or the Ministry of Revenue?" Lian Guoshi asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that people below will say you are nepotistic, and are you not afraid of someone poking my spine?"

He is only less than forty years old when he practices state affairs. He is only eight years older than Feng Ziying. He is just thirty-nine. Now he may step into the core positions of the Ministry of Personnel and the Minister of Household Affairs, which are only one step away from entering the cabinet. Besides Feng Ziying, He is the youngest core figure in this dynasty outside of Britain.

 Compared with the ministers of the Ministry of Agriculture, the ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs, there is still a big gap.

"With my precedent, if you want to poke your back, you have to poke mine first. What are you afraid of?" Feng Ziying said calmly: "It depends on who decides whether to appoint people on the basis of nepotism or merit. It's just a matter of opinion. Why should we care about this?"

Feng Ziying is very clear that this cabinet will strive to promote reform and development, so it must attract as many people as possible to support her.

The scholars in Huguang have basically reached an agreement, and Chai Ke will join the cabinet. As for the scholars in Beidi, Qiao Yingjia originally hoped to let Han Xu join the cabinet to ease the relationship between the two parties, but Feng Ziying could not agree.

 Once Han Xu joins the cabinet and creates obstacles for himself in the cabinet, it will affect his governance. Therefore, choosing Cui Jingrong, who has an open attitude, is necessary and can be regarded as a balance for the northern scholars.

Moreover, it is reasonable for the Ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Hubu to join the cabinet. However, when the positions of the Ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Hubu are vacant, someone needs to fill them.

"What about Li Banghua and Zhu Guozhen?" Feng Ziying was not polite about practicing state affairs. Feng Ziying formed a cabinet for a term of five years. After five years, she would definitely join the cabinet, most likely to replace Cui Jingrong.

The current round of layout involves eight ministers, each of which plays a pivotal role and has a huge impact on future reform and development plans, so Feng Ziying also needs to discuss it carefully with Lian Guoshi and others.

"I don't plan to stay in the court with these two people. Li Banghua has changed his mind when he sees different things, and Zhu Guozhen is even more duplicitous. There are many Jiangnan scholars who have the same ideas as us, and there are also many who have high reputations. There is no need for us to make excuses with these two people. How about Zuo Guangdou becoming the censor of Zuodu?"

Feng Ziying directly put forward her idea, but Lian Guoshi couldn't help but frown: "What about Mr. Yu? Are you really planning to completely break up with them?"

The current censor of Zuodu is Han Xu. Judging from the current situation, Han Xu and the Sun brothers are still holding their necks high and have no intention of compromising with Feng Ziying. Feng Ziying is not going to let it go.

"Since Mr. Yu is stubborn, how can I make him oppose us in the court? But there is still time. I plan to wait until the court meeting before making a decision. See what he will do after seeing the attitudes and thoughts of the officials below. It's not touched. If it's still the same, I can only give it as a gift, and the same goes for Mr. Bo Fugong and the others."

Feng Ziying was decisive and had no room for change. Lian Guo Shi could also hear the determination in Feng Ziying's tone.

"If this is the case, Ziying, then there will be a lot of vacancies for important positions in the DPRK." Lian Guoshi said thoughtfully: "Of course, there must be many people who want to be officials, and they can be selected, but they must choose the right ones. , it’s not easy to convince the crowd.”

"Jun Yu, we must be mentally prepared. No matter in the south of the Yangtze River or in the north, there will always be some people who are dissatisfied or even hostile and hostile. We are not money, and we cannot be liked by everyone, not to mention that reforms will definitely affect them. The vested interests of some vested interests, but as long as it is beneficial to the country and the broad masses of people, we must pay this price. Even if we suffer some setbacks and encounter some obstacles, this is within my expectation. "

Feng Ziying's attitude was calm and somewhat confident, "I don't plan to keep Li Banghua and Zhu Guozhen. They can be good people, but they can't do things. Besides, the Ministry of Rites is related to the future reform of the imperial examination system. This is a very challenging and difficult task." He couldn't handle many of the very stressful tasks, and he didn't agree with them, so..."

 Lian Guoshi was surprised, "Ziying, do you want me to come to the Ministry of Rites?"

Feng Ziying shook her head, "You are a very suitable candidate, but your age and qualifications are a bit young. This difficult task requires a person with high moral integrity and patience..."

Lian Guoshi understood immediately and his eyes lit up, "Youfu Gong?"

Wang Yongguang has deep qualifications, and his reputation among scholars in the North is similar to that of Cui Jingrong, Han Xu, and Sun Ding. Moreover, he has also served as the mountain director of Tonghui Academy among the four major academies in the North for a long time. When Feng Ziying was studying at Qingtan Academy, , brothers Yang Sichang and Hou Xun Hou Ke studied in Tonghui Academy. The two academies often competed with each other, and Qi Yongtai and Wang Yongguang refused to give in.

Because of this, Wang Yongguang also has a solid foundation in this field, so it should be quite appropriate to choose Wang Yongguang as the Minister of Rites, but the key lies in whether Wang Yongguang agrees with Feng Ziying's reform plan.

Although Wang Yongguang is an open-minded and modest person, when it comes to the fundamentals of scholars, it is difficult to imagine how difficult it is to pass his work to accept that the investigation of objects, financial planning, and laws must be included in the Autumn Palace and Spring Palace Competitions. And know.

Of course, Lian Guo Shi also thought of this. In fact, even Lian Guo Shi felt that Feng Ziying suddenly wanted to include these three areas in the autumn and spring palace competitions, which was a bit too hasty. The foundation has not been laid yet. If it is pushed forward forcefully, it will easily cause shocks in the government and the opposition. , but Feng Ziying insisted on pushing it forward as soon as possible, and he couldn't resist Feng Ziying.

 “Will Youfu Guild agree?” Lian Guoshi questioned.

"It must be a bit difficult, but I'm ready to give it a try." Feng Ziying also understood that the difficulty was not small. Wang Yongguang had a good relationship with him, but it did not mean that the other party would approve of the reform in this area. Other things were easy to talk about, but when it came to scholars No one will give in easily to the foundation upon which we stand.

 But if Wang Yongguang’s ideological work is completed and this step is taken steadily, the subsequent advancement will be much easier.

"I'm not optimistic. I'm afraid Mr. Youfu will not compromise easily. Even if he resigns, he may not be willing to take over this hot potato. The key is that he himself may not approve of our reform ideas on this." Lian Guoshi is extremely not optimistic.

"I have a consideration or idea, which has not yet been formed. I will discuss it with you Junyu first. I have this consideration for future scientific examinations. For example, economics and political science are still dominant, but a scoring system can be introduced, such as Classics and meaning account for 40%, or we can think of it as 40%, current affairs account for 30%, 30%, then for the remaining 30%, I consider investigation of things as 15%, law as 10%, financial planning as 50%,... "

 Feng Ziying patiently told Lian Guoshi her thoughts in this regard, which was to introduce modern examination standards and models, which are somewhat similar to the three plus one plus two in later generations.

Of course, the content of the exams are still very different now, but they are somewhat consistent.

Classics and meaning are similar to Chinese, current affairs + law are similar to politics, investigation of things is similar to physics + chemistry + biology, business is similar to mathematics, and laws are somewhat special. Feudal society has very low requirements for the legal system, but Feng Ziying hopes to popularize one as soon as possible. Concept, whether it is a bit naive or not, since I have reached this point, it doesn't matter if I am a little ahead of myself.

Of course, the content of these projects must be quite superficial, especially the investigation of things, finances and laws. It is estimated that they were almost at the level of elementary school in later generations, and this can only be achieved through vigorous promotion and publicity.

The law is even better. After all, the scholars are more or less familiar with the Dazhou Code and other related legal systems, but many people are completely confused about the investigation of things and financial planning. To achieve this, the challenge is huge, and it will definitely be difficult. It will cause a big disturbance.

 But Feng Ziying is still ready to push forward, but before that, Feng Ziying also plans to make some preparations.

For example, before the Great Court Meeting, Feng Ziying planned to invite all the officials and representatives attending the meeting to take a look at the workshops of the Gyeonggi Coal, Iron, and Military Industrial Complex. In addition, she also wanted to experience the work from Yuguan Port to Luanzhou and even The changes brought about by the railway tracks and horse-drawn trains that have been extended to Zunhua allow them to actually feel the huge changes brought about by Gewu.

It's a pity that the Yangzhou Stock Exchange is too far away to organize these people to visit in person, but Feng Ziying is also planning to invite people from the Yangzhou Stock Exchange to give a special speech at the meeting to teach these officials and representatives a good lesson and popularize Popularize financial knowledge.

 This book is coming to an end, and new books are also being prepared. Brothers are welcome to join the group to discuss.