Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 515

Fang Yizhi pondered for a while, then cupped his hands at Li Jinggong and said, "Since your lord is going to take the exam for the late students, then the late students should speak up boldly."

Li Jing waved his hand: "Just be blunt."

Fang Yizhi said: "What the emperor just said is right. Your lord's ability is rare in the world. Your lord has only been in power for one year, and he has quelled several major tribes in Mongolia and the Jurchens in Liaodong who have been harassing Ming in the north for many years. Your lord's army is very powerful. Hehe, after the founding of this dynasty, no one can match it.

Compared with running the army, the ability of adults to govern is obviously higher.

My lord cleans up corrupt officials and abolishes the Jinyi Guards of the East Factory, so that the official circles of my Ming Dynasty will be at peace.Then, the adults cleared the land, built water conservancy, promoted high-yield crops, and resolved the rogue bandits who had been in chaos for many years with the strategy of calming the people.The boldness of an adult is also unmatched by the famous ministers of ancient times.

In addition, Your Excellency abolished the evil policy of stereotyped selection of scholars, and began to focus on practical learning in the selection process, and he knew that there is a reason to specialize in art.

However, adults despise literati. Many of the officials hired last year were illiterate. These people spoke vulgar words, and many of them looked like villains. If all of Daming's official circles were full of such people, it would be an insult to Daming's official reputation. "

Li Jing nodded lightly upon hearing this.

Before Yuan Keli died, he wrote a letter to Li Jing, pointing out this problem. Li Jing sent people to investigate and found that the situation was actually worse than what Yuan Keli said, and many people had indeed lost their morals.Really answered that sentence, the poor are more ruthless than the landlords after turning over.

Knowing this problem, Li Jing canceled this year's talent selection ceremony. Li Jing hoped to give those scholars more time to study the practical work, so that the next batch of officials to be hired would have many literati among them.

Seeing that Li Jing nodded in agreement with his point of view, Fang Yizhi's hanging heart immediately relaxed.

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled and said: "I am ashamed of the achievements you just mentioned. As for the question you just raised, someone has already raised it with me before you, and I also have a headache because of it. There is no way to solve this problem?"

Fang Yizhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, knowing that Li Jing was going to test himself, if his answer satisfied Li Jing, then Li Jing would use him, and his previous ambitions could be realized.

After pondering for a while, Fang Yizhi said: "Your Excellency is absolutely right to select talents based on practical learning, and the abolition of stereotyped writing has won the support of scholars all over the world.

However, most of the scholars have devoted themselves to stereotyped writing for many years, ignoring or not understanding the practice at all. The adults suddenly selected talents based on practical knowledge. the reason for the petition.

From Wansheng's point of view, the adults' selection of talents last year was a bit too hasty, and a decree should be issued first to let the world know and give those scholars time to accept the new selection system.After everyone accepts the New Deal, they will throw away the useless stereotypes and learn practical knowledge. After three or two years, these scholars will master the practical learning before they go to the grand ceremony, and the officials selected will be very different. "

Li Jing sighed and said: "That's right, I did rush this matter, but I did it in a helpless way at the time. You know that I took down a large number of corrupt officials last year, and even dismissed countless mediocre officials who had a vegetarian diet. So many There are job vacancies, if you don't quickly select a group of people to fill these positions, then Daming will be in chaos."

Fang Yizhi was startled, and after a while, he sighed: "Your Excellency's words are very true, it is a late-born ignorance. This was indeed the case at the time, and what your Excellency did was the way to solve the problem."

Li Jing waved his hand: "I'm still a little anxious. At that time, these people should not be directly appointed as officials. A probationary period should be set for them. In this way, when we find problems, we can have remedial measures. Now these people do their jobs. It’s not bad, but their conduct is much worse, and it’s difficult how to deal with them.”

Fang Yizhi said: "It's not too late to make up for the dead. Since your lord knows the problem, it's still too late to fix it."

Li Jing smiled: "Since I'm talking about this issue with you, it means that I'm not a stubborn person."

Shaking his head, Li Jing continued: "Actually, what I'm thinking about now is how to make officials do their best and become a qualified official.

If you want to put an end to official corruption, you can't solve it by killing, nor can you solve it by high salaries.While we are supervising, we should also have a system. As long as everyone acts according to the system, although it is impossible to ensure that all officials are clean, there will not be so many corrupt officials. "

Fang Yizhi said: "What your lord said is that this is indeed a difficult problem."

After a pause, Fang Yizhi continued: "Wan Sheng has the guts to give you a suggestion. If what you say is wrong, please don't take offense."

Li Jing smiled and said, "But it's okay to say."

Fang Yizhi cupped his hands and said: "The late students thought that the rule lies in the emperor, the teacher teaches, and the learning depends on the truth. It's public and clear."

Hearing this, Li Jing pondered for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "It's just a good man. That's right, as long as he can be fair, many problems will be solved."

"Gong? Ming? What do you mean?" Ma Wu asked.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Openness, justice, fairness, this is public. Clear, clear, clear, this is clear. As long as our officials act according to these twelve words, there will not be so many corrupt officials.

But if you want officials to act in accordance with these twelve characters, you must first establish these twelve characters as a system, requiring officials to act in accordance with these twelve characters, otherwise they will be exempted from office. "

"Oh? Brother Li, please explain, what is openness, fairness, fairness, clarity, clarity, clarity?" Zhu Youjian asked.

Li Jing smiled: "The emperor is not too wordy, so I will explain it to the emperor in detail."

Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "Brother Li, please tell me."

Li Jing said with a smile: "If you want to be public, you must first clarify, and the first is to be clear. What is to be clarified? To clarify what our officials will do. For example, a magistrate must first clarify what he will do this year, the next year, and even the year after. What will he do during his tenure.

After clarifying the goal, let the people below understand why he does these things, and finally let the people under his rule understand what their parents and officials are going to do, so that the people will support him.

As long as these three things can be achieved, there will basically be no major problems in what these officials do, and they can basically satisfy the common people.

The next step is to disclose what officials are doing, what happened, what problems occurred, how much money was spent, etc., so that everyone can supervise them.

Then there is justice. As long as officials can do things according to the previous requirements, then everyone will have a fair evaluation of him. With a fair evaluation, those officials who should be promoted will be promoted, those who should be rewarded will be rewarded, and those who should be rewarded will be rewarded. Just punish, so that it will be fair to the officials.

Of course, people are selfish. Under the same conditions, the person in charge of the test may give extra points to his cronies, including me, may all do the same.At this time, it depends on a person's character.

But after all, this is a minority phenomenon, and generally speaking, it is more fair. Therefore, as long as this system can be implemented, it will definitely greatly limit the illegal behavior of officials. "

"Ah! Does your lord understand Gong Ming in this way?" Fang Yizhi exclaimed.

Li Jing smiled and said: "I know, my understanding must be different from yours, but I don't think the difference is too far. If there are any shortcomings, please give me your advice."

Fang Yizhi shook his head and sighed: "Ask you a question, it's better than reading ten years of books. After listening to what your lord said, you will realize that what you said before is just a glimpse."

Li Jing said with a smile: "You don't need to underestimate yourself, you are only 27 this year, and most of your understanding of affairs in the past was learned from books, so you will inevitably take it for granted. With more experience in the future, you will definitely mature.

Let me give you a suggestion, reciting poems and composing Fu can only be used as a pastime, and try to spend your energy on practice in the future, so that you can truly understand the knowledge in books. "

"Thank you for your teaching, my lord." Fang Yizhi saluted.

Li Jing waved his hand: "I had a talk with you today, which gave me a lot of inspiration. Now that the imperial court is employing people, I will hire you as an exception. You will report to the Metropolitan Procuratorate first, and you will be a trainee official for the time being. I hope you If you can study government affairs well, give me more pertinent suggestions in the future."

Fang Yizhi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he bowed deeply to Li Jing and said, "Young students will live up to your high expectations."

Fang Yizhi is extremely smart. Although Li Jing only asked him to be an intern official, his grade is probably not high-level, but the last sentence is a great hint. This sentence means that he has the opportunity to directly ask Li Jing Suggestions.

Fang Yizhi asked himself that with his talent and learning, he would definitely be selected in the next national election, and the position at that time might be much higher than the position Li Jing appointed now.

But how can the positions appointed by the Ministry of Officials compare with those appointed by Li Jing himself?
One must know that there are countless officials in the DPRK and China, how many people can see Li Jing?How many people dare to make suggestions to Li Jing?Li Jing gave him such an opportunity to this low-level official, which shows that Li Jing attaches great importance to him.

And from the conversation just now and Fang Yizhi's appointment just now, it can be seen that Li Jing's way of thinking about employing people has begun to change.

After the power was stabilized, Li Jing began to prefer to use some thoughtful literati, which is undoubtedly the biggest good news for them.

Fang Yizhi is not the kind of person who is satisfied as long as he is an official. He still has great ambitions in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have honed his will when he was 14 years old, and he would not have traveled around to study and study. He will not organize and establish Fushe with Zhang Pu and others.

Fang Yizhi has only one purpose in doing these things, and that is to be able to enter the hall one day and show his ambitions with those like-minded people.

(End of this chapter)