Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2213 Prime Minister (Eleven) Thousand Gold Horse Bones
With Gao Pragmatic's current power and status, being able to "train" by his side is naturally what young officials want, and Li Zhizao is naturally one of them.But even so, Li Zhizao still had doubts about the official transfer order.After all, in his opinion, although he is No. 26 in the second division of Yi Chou Branch (5th year of Wanli), his "academic qualifications" are not enough in front of Gao Yuanfu, the top pick in the Sixth Prize, so he must be selected by Gao Yuanfu. It’s not because my articles are well written.

As for the promotion and reuse of officials, since they don't look at articles, they should look at political achievements, but Li Zhizao is not confident enough on this point.

As mentioned just now, Li Zhizao's position before he was transferred back to the capital by the Ministry of Civil Affairs was Yuan Wailang, the Battalion and Maintenance Department of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing.What kind of organization is the Camping and Restoration Department?It is one of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry. It is responsible for the construction of palaces, mausoleums, city walls, temples, warehouses, buildings, barracks, and mansions. It supervises craftsmen and laborers, prepares materials, and sorts materials until construction begins. .

The Ming Dynasty's Battalion and Repair Department was established in the early 29th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, with one doctor, three Yuanwailang, and four chiefs.After Yongle moved the capital, the six divisions of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two capitals, the north and the south. Among them, the Nanjing Ministry of Industry's Camp, Repair and Qing Li Department also had one doctor, but the number of Yuanwailang was reduced to one, and the number of principals was reduced to three.

Langzhong is the chief officer at the "division" level, Yuanwailang is equivalent to the adjutant, and the principal is equivalent to the business supervisor.Therefore, Li Zhizao is equivalent to the adjutant responsible for the "camp repair" work in Nanjing.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, it was very difficult to achieve results in this type of position, because you have a doctor and leader above you, and a principal responsible below you. You are caught in the middle and you can neither have good leadership nor execution. How can there be any credit for a hard work that is not done at both ends?
To put it simply, when you are in the position of Yuanwailang, you can usually only wait for seniority and wait for your boss to move - it doesn't matter whether he moves to the left or to the right.Only if he moves his position, will you have the opportunity to move up to the position of doctor, and then you can think about how to get some credit and continue to be promoted.

Therefore, although Li Zhizao "excelled in his job" when he was appointed as Yuanwailang of the Camp and Maintenance Department, he had no merit worthy of special mention.Gao Yuanfu, a prime minister who relied on countless great achievements to rise to the top, is unlikely to be interested in a mere "excellent in his job". There must be other reasons for choosing him.

In addition to articles and merit, there is another reason for being easily promoted, or two reasons: faction and place of origin.Faction means political alignment, and place of origin is the direct source of the township party.

However, the problem is that Li Zhizao has no faction.If I have to say it, he is a neutral faction, and he is not from the Practical School anyway.As for his place of origin, Li Zhizao was from Renhe County, Hangzhou, which was so far away from Gao Yuanfu's home province of Henan that he couldn't even reach it.There were even rumors that Gao Yuanfu disliked students from the Jiangnan area because he didn't like studying. Of course, some people disagreed with this statement, because there were also students from Zhejiang under Gao Yuanfu's family, such as Fang Congzhe, whose ancestral home was also Zhejiang.

In short, from the perspective of political alignment and township party background, Li Zhizao did not have enough basis for Gao Yuanfu to treat him favorably.

So, Gao Yuanfu really picked him just because he was "good at calculus, counting, etc."?Li Zhizao felt very surprised.

The Ming Dynasty always valued writing rather than arithmetic, and Gao Yuanfu himself was the number one scholar in six poems.Even though he is famous for his good financial management, people all over the world just think that this is just because he is too knowledgeable and talented. Therefore, besides winning the gold list for articles, he still has time to study arithmetic. They will never think that he values ​​arithmetic more than articles.

However, now that the facts are in front of us, Gao Yuanfu seems to really attach great importance to arithmetic, and even the "wash pen" around him attaches great importance to his arithmetic talent.

Li Zhizao was not very confident. After seeing him, he stood cautiously, his eyes drooped slightly, and he did not dare to look directly at Yuan Fu.Gao pragmatically looked at him with great interest, then nodded with a smile and said: "It's hard work for Zhenzhiyuan. Ordinarily, I should allow you to rest for a few days, and wait until the official department has finished processing the whole matter before letting you go." I came to the cabinet to serve as an errand, but it just didn't happen by chance...or it was too much of a coincidence.

The affairs of our cabinet are complicated these days. Since you are here, you should first come to the cabinet to get familiar with it.As for the officials, I will send people to tell them to take care of things on their own, without you having to interfere. What do you think? "What else could Li Zhizao say? Naturally, he quickly raised his hands and said, "But it depends on Yuan Fu's orders. "

After he finished speaking, he felt that his words were dry and seemed to be disrespectful to Master Yuanfu, so he quickly prepared to add something more to make his words more pleasant.Unexpectedly, Gao Yuanfu didn't give him a chance at all, and immediately said: "Well, it's better to choose a day than to hit it. You can come with me now, and I will leave something to you."

what?
Li Zhizao was inevitably a little startled, thinking that Gao Yuanfu had a reputation among the scholars for being able to make three moves in one step. Logically speaking, even if he was actually very young - only two years older than himself, he should still be indistinguishable about his emotions and anger. How could the image of a person who was crumbling in front of him without changing his expression turn into such a vigorous and resolute person?

In fact, this is inevitably some kind of stereotype, even an imaginary stereotype.Perhaps due to cultural traditions, Chinese wise men often appear to be lukewarm, as if they have to think twice about everything and weigh every word carefully.

However, Li Zhizao didn't know that Gao Zhizao would really think clearly when thinking about big things, but he would not waste time on arranging today's work for a "cleaner" like Li Zhizao - there will be plenty of time, and Li Zhizao will naturally understand in the future. Own.

In a daze, Li Zhizao followed Gao Pangshi to Yuanfu's room.Before he could take a closer look at the furnishings of this room, which symbolized the peak power of the Ming Dynasty ministers, Gao Pragmatic had already handed over a stack of official documents and said: "Zhenzhi, this is a detailed list of the supplies required by Liu Wei's department. The Ministry of Household Affairs submitted it today. The price is listed at the back of the table. Come and audit it to see if there are any errors, omissions, false declarations, etc. Hmm... by the way, check whether these prices are appropriate and whether there is room for price reduction."

"Yes, Yuan Fu." Li Zhizao's scalp was numb, but he could only agree first.He felt that this matter might not be easy to handle, and he didn't know why Yuan Fu gave him such an offending job in the first place.

Why is it an errand that offends people?Because Liu Wei was away on an expedition, he, a layman, had no idea what he needed, so he could only calculate it based on the report.But just now Yuanfu himself said that the prices in this report were sent by the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue was Yuanfu's relative and minister. If he had different opinions after the audit, he would offend his new colleagues - although the Ministry of Internal Affairs The procedures have not been completed yet, but he has been transferred to the position of Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Household Affairs after all.

He, Li Zhizao, hasn't reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs yet. Is it okay to offend his colleagues first?But the question is, if the first job he accepted was "whatever he gets", would Yuan Fu think that he was doing nothing and doing nothing?

In fact, Li Zhizao thought too much. The main purpose of Gao Pingshi's bringing him to his side was really not for the "secretary level" he may or may not have had, but because Li Zhizao in the original history was a scientist as famous as Xu Guangqi!

What Gao pragmatism needs most is to guide and transform the social atmosphere through Li Zhizao's "prosperity", so as to prepare for his own reform of the imperial examination system in the near future - well, maybe don't call it reform, it should be called innovation and inject new vitality. .
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PS: Promise fulfilled.

(End of this chapter)