After all the officials from the Ministry of War talked with each other, they sent the unconventional Qin Zhongtang away, and then saw Qin Zhongtang walking towards the street next to where the officials, households, and rites were located.
After entering the Ministry of Rites, Qin Zhongtang gave a bloody instruction: "Schools are originally a place for cultivating talents, one of the three ways to elect, but I think schools today have lost their practical functions!
From the county school, the government school to the Imperial College, most of them are just decorations, rigid and ineffective, wasting the country's money and food! All the students in the school are idle and idle, and most of them have no way out!
Your Ministry of Rites is in charge of school affairs all over the world, how can you ignore it? From now on, you should study two things, the first is how to increase the function of the school, and the second is how to give students a way out, so as not to waste talents!"
This subject was too big and involved the fundamentals of scholars, so the officials of the Ministry of Rites did not want to take it on.
Qin Dewei shouted: "It's not like I ask you to reform immediately, you must have the awareness of the disadvantages and benefits of reform! First, use a year of investigation and research, and visit at least a thousand examples, and all provinces must be covered!
Everyone answers a questionnaire, and by summarizing it, you can understand what the school is like, and what the school's students and instructors are thinking!"
After giving guidance to the Ministry of Rites, Qin Zhongtang turned around and went to the Ministry of Accounts next door. He focused on the issues of clan expenses, commercial tax issues, as well as the prospects for resource adjustment and silver inflow.
However, the issue of land and land finance was too difficult and could easily lead to death. Qin Zhongtang thought about it again and again, so he decided not to mention it for the time being and would talk about it later.
Finally, Qin Zhongtang came to the first of the six departments, the most special Personnel Department. The remaining officials in the Personnel Department couldn't believe it. You, Qin Zhongtang, really dare to openly direct the personnel work?
The government is theoretically owned by the emperor, and the official minister only guards the official affairs on behalf of the emperor. Does Qin Zhongtang really want to avoid suspicion?
Qin Zhongtang was sitting in the lobby of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and said in a high-spirited manner: "Looking at your messy ideas in selecting officials, you often just go through the motions and kill the mouse!"
I think you still have a lot of room for improvement. It’s the so-called elimination of disadvantages to create advantages! First, we should establish a list of reserve officials by category, and those who are outstanding in the assessment can be added to the list for future use!
Second, if there is a vacancy, the candidates will be selected by drawing lots from the corresponding list of reserve officials. Anyway, everyone selected in the same batch will be the same. This can improve efficiency and avoid favoritism!"
The officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs were speechless. Draw lots to select officials? Thank you Qin Zhongtang for being able to figure it out!
Qin Dewei didn't care whether it was feasible or not. He just came to show that all ministries should be treated equally, and the staff could not be left behind. After setting off the bombardment, he wiped out the existence and left.
Walking on Qinglong Street, Qin Zhongtang sighed again, reform is really a long way to go! It is so difficult to just make small repairs at the beginning, let alone other things.
If Emperor Jiajing can still reign for another twenty-five years, and his kindness continues, it is still very promising to deceive the emperor, carry out some reforms and consolidate the results.
Qin Zhongtang is quite confident about this future.
The last stop of Qin Zhongtang's inspection of the outer court was at the Yiwu Yamen outside Dong'an Gate, where he listened to a report on key tasks.
The two biggest focuses at present are one in the south and one in the north. In the south, the corresponding monsoon season has arrived, and the Japanese mission is likely to drift over this time.
To the north is the eldest son of Anda, Xin'ai Huang Taiji, who was released last year. He took advantage of the spring and summer grass to separate and led his troops to Dashawo, north of Xuanfu.
Then he passed through Dong'an Gate and Donghua Gate and came directly to Wenyuan Pavilion in Donghua Gate, which is the headquarters of Qin Zhongtang.
Compared with the high-spirited Qin Zhongtang, the other pole of central power, Mr. Yan Ge, was in a different state.
After resigning, Mr. Yan Ge will definitely go home and "reflect" behind closed doors, so there is no need to go straight to Wuyi Hall.
In the past, Mr. Yan Ge would definitely meet with his son Yan Shifan to discuss the current political situation whenever he returned home. But this time after he returned home, he did not come out of the study or visit his son who was recovering from his injury.
It was not until after a night that Yan Shifan asked the servants to carry him to his father's study to talk to his father.
Mr. Yan Ge was in a very depressed mood. He shook his head at his son and said, "What do you think of you and me, father and son, returning to our hometown to live in seclusion?"
It was the first time that Yan Shifan saw his father like this, and he became so depressed despite his father's forbearance, which shows how deeply he was hit.
The astute Yan Shifan didn't know what to say anymore. No matter how he calculated, he would lose, and he also felt desperate.
Yan Ge sighed: "Qin Dewei is completely different from us. He seems to be born to restrain us. What can we do?
And I still have a vague feeling that Qin Dewei deliberately kept my father and son, just like a cat playing with a mouse! Then it would be humiliating for you and me to stay in the court!"
Yan Shifan thought about it and could only change the topic and said: "Actually, at the court meeting, my father should have hinted to the emperor to reinstate you on the spot."
According to the usual practice, after all the officials of the fourth rank submitted their memoranda of apology and resignation, the emperor would definitely reinstate the elder Ge to his post first, and then let the elder Ge continue to handle the memorials. But this time, Qin Dewei came out of nowhere and stole the job.
Mr. Yan Ge shook his head and said: "The Imperial Ancestral Temple was planned by the emperor himself. This disaster happened. Given the emperor's temperament, he will definitely be violent in the near future, and he likes to express his anger and blame others!
Therefore, it is too risky to be alone in the Wuyi Palace, which is close to the emperor, and it is easy to become the target of the emperor to vent his emotions. It is better to go home safely and securely."
Although Mr. Yan Ge was so shocked that he no longer wanted to work, he still wanted to spend his old age in peace, and safety issues were still his top priority.
After Yan Shifan understood what his father meant, he said bitterly: "No wonder Qin Dewei is not keen on entering the Zhiwuyi Palace and only wants to stay in the Wenyuan Pavilion!"
But when they thought of Qin Dewei, their father and son were in despair.
Qin Dewei's biggest supporter at present is the emperor. Only when the emperor is gone can Qin Dewei fall. But the Yan family also relies on the emperor, and they will also fall if the emperor is gone!
But it would be too difficult to expect Qin Dewei to lose his favor while the Yan family still has his favor!
Mr. Yan Ge's prediction was correct. After the Ancestral Temple was hit, the court meeting ended, and Emperor Jiajing hid in Xiyuan again, Renshou Palace, where the imperial residence was located, was not very peaceful.
Xu Miaojing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards who was on duty outside the Renshou Palace, was very worried at the moment. Although he, as the leader, could not enter the palace gate, he also knew that there was no peace inside the palace.
As dusk approached, the side door of Renshou Palace opened, and several eunuchs came out carrying something, which was obviously a human-shaped thing wrapped in coarse cloth.
Because of her duty, Xu Miaojing opened the coarse cloth and checked it. What she saw was indeed the body of a palace maid. This was the second one in recent days.
Except for carrying a dead man, there was no other abnormal situation, so Xu Miaojing let the eunuchs go.
Looking at the backs of these people, Xu Miaojing sighed with unusual sympathy. Such a beautiful girl, why did she die? Wouldn't it be better to keep her as a maid?
How did the two palace maids die? Xu Miaojing did not ask, nor did he dare to ask. He just felt that his heart was blocked and uncomfortable.
How could the Nine-Five Master who had given me so much kindness be such a person?
