Listening to Kou Zhun's rambling 'warnings', Cao Wei couldn't help but have a look of helplessness on his face.
Obviously.
Mr. Kou is drunk.
However, this also proves that Mr. Kou is indeed old. In the past, this amount of wine was nothing to Mr. Kou.
Of course, he had no choice but to write down what he should have written down.
For example, Yang Danian's cousin Zhang Dexiang.
He had heard of this person before, and the Pucheng Zhang family was indeed one of the prominent families in the south.
Although the Zhang family is only famous for its imperial examinations and has not yet had a prime minister or minister, given the current situation of the Zhang family, it is a matter of course that the children of the Zhang family will become generals and prime ministers.
After all, the current imperial court does not emphasize that "Southerners cannot be prime ministers."
Officials value ability more than geography.
After a while, Kou Zhun, who was too drunk, fell on the table as he spoke. Soon, thunderous snoring began to hover over the Nuan Pavilion.
Seeing that Kou Zhun fell asleep in a daze, Kou Sui quickly stepped forward to check. After confirming that Kou Zhun was fine, he said with an apologetic smile.
"General Cao, I'm sorry, daddy..."
"It's okay, I understand."
Cao Wei waved his hands repeatedly, then glanced at Kou Zhun.
"It's getting late, you'd better send Mr. Kou to his room to rest quickly."
"That would be rude."
Kou Sui apologized in a low voice, and then shouted outside.
"Dongmei, take General Cao to rest."
After that, Cao Wei stayed in the Kou Mansion for another two days.
In the past two days, the discussion on the salt policy in the court became more and more intense, and finally it came directly to Li Jie.
Today, the easier salt method is mainly divided into two schools.
One faction is the Chaoyin faction headed by Ding Wei, and the other is the restructuring faction headed by Cao Lili.
In other words, one faction is dominated by civil servants, and the other faction is dominated by military attachés.
In fact, according to the official system of the Song Dynasty, military officers were not enough to compete with civilian officials.
As for Wu Chen, his positioning is basically awkward.
It's a little better now. It seems that Cao Cao, who has a military minister background, can still be in charge of the Privy Council.
If more than ten years pass, the powers of the Privy Council, an institution in charge of military matters, will also fall into the hands of civilian officials.
Because of this, Cao Yong, who was born as a military official, had the opportunity to compete with civil servants.
In addition, the great victory in the northwest was also the confidence of the military ministers.
No, Cao Wei will return to Beijing soon, and he will return to Beijing as a deputy privy envoy.
The Privy Council is about to welcome its second official who is a military minister.
Funing Hall.
"Brother Six, what do you think about the salt law?"
Because the incident was really big, even Liu E, who had no interest in political affairs, knew about it and came to Funing Hall, intending to ask the official's attitude.
After all, it's not the same thing to keep arguing like this.
"Mr. Zhang's starting point is actually very good."
As the cake gets bigger, all parties will benefit one after another. This is something almost everyone knows in future generations.
Moreover, the administration of officials really needs to be straightened out.
Corruption is a topic that human civilization can never avoid.
Li Jie knows very well that corruption cannot be completely eliminated. After all, everyone has selfish desires and it is expected that everyone will be a saint who is dedicated to the public.
That's unrealistic.
But this does not mean that corruption should not be dealt with.
Not only does it need to be managed, but a relatively complete mechanism must be set up.
Li Jie had already made plans in his mind about how to deal with corruption, but he never mentioned it because of the war.
Now Zhang Shixun happened to mention that he could also take this opportunity to try to spread some rumors.
"It's really time for the official administration to take action."
"Invoke officials to regulate?"
Hearing this, Liu E couldn't help but have a flash of worry in her eyes.
It is no exaggeration to say that official administration is the foundation of a country. Although the tea law and salt law are also innovations, if they are touched, only some people will be affected.
However, if we reform the official system, tens of thousands of scholar-bureaucrats will be involved.
"Um."
Li Jie nodded slightly: "The Han and Tang dynasties each have their own customs for recruiting scholars. However, they only value literature but not virtue and art."
"The same is true for our dynasty, which inherited the system of the Tang and Five Dynasties."
"Before joining the officialdom, most of the new scholars studied hard behind closed doors. Even if they occasionally went out, they only looked at things in passing, making it difficult to have a deep understanding of civil affairs."
"Therefore, I want to create a government-watching system."
"Before entering the officialdom, new scholars either went to various places to collect information, or were sent to various ministries to familiarize themselves with political affairs."
"Limited to two years!"
The Jinshi Observation System was initiated by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. The Observation System further improved the imperial examination system.
Although subsequent implementation was not strict, this system was groundbreaking.
Well.
To give an example, the Guanzheng system is like the cadre reserve system of large enterprises in later generations. After being recruited into the enterprise, work is not immediately assigned.
Instead, they will be transferred to the front line first, and then the final decision will be made based on their performance during the transfer period.
certainly.
This is only the first step in reforming official governance.
As for Jin Yiwei and the like, it is not suitable for vigorous promotion at the moment.
After all, the barrel of the gun has not been completely reformed. If there is no certain hard power and blind implementation, it is likely to cause turmoil.
On the other side, Liu E's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard about the government system.
At first, she thought that the government wanted to change some basic systems, but in the end, they did not directly shake the foundation, but just added a new system.
If you think about it carefully, Guanzheng does have a lot to offer.
Except for those who came from official families, the Jinshi who had just entered the officialdom had basically never been exposed to political affairs.
As a result, the new scholars will naturally not be able to fulfill their respective tasks immediately.
In fact, many jokes were made during this period.
If there is a government-watching system, it can indeed greatly enrich the experience of new scholars.
At the same time, it can also alleviate the number of people waiting for queues.
Although the number of redundant officials at this time was not as large as that in the late Northern Song Dynasty, there were still many officials who needed to wait.
(Waiting for Que: After passing the assessment, you are qualified to serve as a dispatcher for a certain person, but this position is temporarily occupied, and you need to wait for the other person to resign before you can take up the position)
The government-watching system can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
No.
It should be a win-win.
Generally speaking, officials who have just entered office are the most passionate when they have not yet experienced the baptism of officialdom.
Some unspoken rules cannot take effect in their case.
For example, corruption!
Except for a few individuals, the vast majority of people become officials not for wealth, but to realize their ideals and ambitions.
(PS: Let me say a little more here. Traditional Confucian education is different from current education, and the customs in ancient times are also different from today.
Of course, passion has a time limit, and when the surge of energy passes, what should be corrupted will still be corrupted)
At this time, they are also the group of people least likely to be corrupted.
Send new scholars to various places to collect news, this plan is very quick!