"Guan family, what about Xu Xianzhi?" Zhang Shuye asked reluctantly.
"Let him be Liu Zhongyan's assistant. Xu Xianzhi's performance today is indeed amazing, but he is still not ready to take charge of a county alone. Let him follow and practice again."
When Zhang Shuye heard Zhao Si talking about one county and one department, his heart moved and he couldn't help but ask: "Guan family, do you want to transfer the first person to the Shangshu Province?"
Zhao Si did not answer directly, but said leisurely: "Uncle Yi's health is not very good either."
"What's wrong with Mr. Yishu's health?"
"Several doctors have seen it and it's not very good. Jing Jiajuan was already prepared."
When Zhang Shuye heard this, his heart skipped a beat.
Mr. Yishu is Cheng Zishao, a native of Meishan, Meizhou (Meishan City, Sichuan), and the cousin of Su Gong (Su Shi, Su Che).
"Mr. Yishu is a man full of talents and has made great contributions to me and the court! What a pity, God is jealous of talented people!"
Zhang Shuye heard about Cheng Zhishao's deeds. When he was appointed as the transfer judge of Kui Road (Fengjie, Chongqing), the governor of Kuizhou was ruthless and refused to obey the law. Cheng Zhishao wrote a letter of impeachment and had him overthrown and punished.
The well salt produced in Daning (Wuxi, Chongqing City) was very profitable. The salt official turned over half of the output to the state treasury without authorization, and the rest was given to merchants to sell to the people. The merchants colluded with the officials and acted arrogantly. They actually asked the people to pay coins first, and there was not enough salt.
The supply was sufficient, and the people appealed for it.
Cheng Zhishao received the petition and came to Daning. After finding out the situation, he ordered that all the stored salt be supplied to merchants. The marketing channels for the salt industry were smoothed and the salt tax was doubled.
Later, he was transferred to be in charge of tea and horse affairs in Qin and Shu (Tianshui, Gansu, Chongqing, Sichuan). He used local excess tea to exchange war horses with the Tibetan people in Xi (Lintiao County, Gansu) and Qin, and eliminated Lizhou (Han, Sichuan).
Yuan County North) bought more horses and got more good horses.
Zhao Si recalled: "In the second year of Yuanfu, I followed the imperial brother's edict and inspected the five roads along the northwest. Mr. Yishu happened to know Fengxiang Mansion. I comforted the ambassador with the Sixth Road of Shaanxi and led the troops to attack Xia. Once the war broke out, money and food were consumed.
No plan. The treasury was in dire straits, so Mr. Yingshu (Jiang Zhiqi) recommended Mr. Yishu to be in charge of tea horses and raise food and wages. Ten thousand good horses were obtained, and the tea class was 4 million yuan. In the third year of Yuanfu, Mr. Yi exchanged tea for military rations and lost money.
Six million coins for military use."
"It can be said that without Uncle Ying and Uncle Yi raising food, grass and money from the rear, the three battles in Hehuang and three victories, the Battle of Lingbo Mountain, the Battle of Henan, and the Battle of Liangzhou would all have been impossible. What a pity.
Mr. Yingshu has passed away from illness, and now even Mr. Yishu has to abandon me..."
Having said this, Zhao Si let out a long sigh and said, "These are the two prime ministers that I like. It's a pity that my tax reform has only taken the first step. There is still a long way to go. No one can help me yet!"
Zhang Shuye's talent in financial management is mediocre, but he is curious, isn't the Prime Minister Cai Jing doing a good job?
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yuan Chang, you have outstanding talents..." Zhang Shuye asked cautiously.
"Cai Jing is a man of talent and courage, but he has too many thoughts. Everything he does is to please me, to consolidate the Holy Scroll and pave the way for his Dazai. If he can be like Yuan
How great it would be to be like Mr. Du, who knows how to advance and retreat!"
When Zhang Shuye heard this, he understood a little bit.
Your Majesty is using Cai Jing, but he doesn't dare to use it to a great extent. In other words, he doesn't dare to delegate power to Cai Jing without the control of officials who are proficient in managing finances.
Because His Majesty feels that his desire for power is too strong and he will never do anything based on the overall interests of public loyalty.
"Your Majesty, isn't there Zhang Kangguo and Zhang Bin in the Ministry of Planning? I heard that this person has done a very good job."
Zhao Si shook his head, "He can still maintain his status, but he doesn't have the courage to promote tax reform. Moreover, he can't defeat Cai Yuanchang."
"Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. Tax reform is not something that happens overnight. Be careful and slow down. Maybe it will be a good thing. I can afford to wait. Mr. Ji Zhong, I have traveled around Hedong and Hebei and I have some ideas.
I have communicated with Mr. Xigu (Chang Anmin), and now I want to communicate with you and listen to your opinions. After I return, I will discuss it with Zhang Gong, Xu Gong and other officials."
"Your Majesty, please speak clearly."
"After several years of pilot reform of the political system, the central political system has basically been determined. I feel that the local political system is almost there, and it should be finalized. My idea is that all government affairs of a county should be delegated to the county chief secretary.
The county governor's chief envoy will remain unchanged, and one deputy chief envoy on the left and three deputy envoys on the right will be added."
"The deputy envoy on the left is the first deputy to the chief envoy, and the deputy envoy on the right is the deputy. They are responsible for taxation, treasury, police and security, and people's livelihood..."
Zhang Shuye listened quietly. This was equivalent to confirming the status of Hedong County's experimental Tongzhi, who was involved in county affairs, and his deputy envoy to the chief administration.
"From now on, except for the chief envoys of each county, the deputy envoys on the left and right, and the official positions other than the magistrate of Zhili prefectures, which will be reported to me for appointment by the Shangshu Province, the rest of the appointments, dismissals, demotions, and passing the examination will all be paid to the chief secretary... Accordingly,
The recruitment system for officials will also be determined...the examinations will be divided into academic examinations and national examinations."
"The academic examination is the entrance examination for middle schools and universities. It is hosted by the academic affairs office of each county and supervised by the procuratorate and censorship office of each county... During the joint examination for university admissions, the academic department and each university send personnel to each county to co-organize and examine
The college dispatches censors to each county to supervise... In addition, each university has certain autonomy in recruitment..."
"After students graduate from various universities, they go to Kaifeng Prefecture to take the national examination. The national examination is based on the candidates' wishes and their scores to admit judicial officers and administrative officers... According to the provisions of the "Guoshi Dian. Official Code", judicial officers can be transferred to administrative officers, and administrative officers can
But it is not possible to transfer from an official to a judicial officer..."
When Zhang Shuye heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, aren't judicial officers more valuable? Are they more difficult to pass?"
"Yes. I want to govern the country according to the law. Judicial officers who specialize in law will always have some advantages. The national examination will also admit special officers-lecturers from various universities, and then they will be promoted to professors..."
"After graduating from university, students can apply for three national examinations. If they fail, they are not allowed to take the examination again. Each national examination will recruit candidates and focus on majors, depending on the vacancies of officials reported to the Ministry of Personnel by each county in the three provinces."
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"Your Majesty, there are always those who are unlucky enough to fail three times. If this is the case, wouldn't it be wasted for these students who have studied hard for more than ten years?"
Zhao Si sighed, "Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the most intelligent people in the world have entered the officialdom. In the Song Dynasty, they have reached their peak. In fact, I think about it, why are the top talents in all industries in the world crowded?
Come to the officialdom? If more talented people go into business, study science and technology, and study all kinds of knowledge... Only then will our Song Dynasty prosper."
Having said this, Zhao Si shook his head.
"Although I think so, I have to take reality into consideration. I don't even dare to apply for redundant officials. How dare I apply for one-size-fits-all in studying and becoming an official? There are some things that can be done, and some things that cannot be done."
"I know that some people do study and become officials for the sake of the country and the people, and for their ideals, but these are only a small number. More people do it to improve their class - to make themselves, their families and their children live a prosperous and respected life.
I can't stop them, I can only set up some obstacles, and then guide those students to enter the business school..."
"Your Majesty's hard work will definitely pay off." Zhang Shuye can be said to be the group of people who understand Zhao Si's thoughts best. Hearing this, he couldn't help but sigh.
Zhao Si waved his hand and continued: "If you fail the national examination, you can go back to each county to take the county examination. If you pass the special affairs officer, you can become a teacher in primary and secondary schools. If you pass the national examination, you will be trained as a judicial officer or administrative officer for half a year.
He entered various ministries in the three provinces, and most of them were distributed to the counties, starting from the ninth rank. It's just that everyone has different abilities and different opportunities, so the future will be different."
"...Rural governance, I have thought about for a long time, and it is better to focus on autonomy. The Song Dynasty could not afford so many officials, redundant soldiers and redundant personnel were wasteful, so I tried my best to solve the redundant soldiers, and I also thought of ways to increase the number of public teachers.
We should arrange all the redundant staff in positions so that they no longer receive empty wages and can create some value."
"It has finally been alleviated a bit, and I don't want to have another fight over redundant personnel. We just set up town offices in important towns or towns with large populations. At the same time, the security forces of the county police stations must be decentralized to ensure the stability of order in various places.
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"Xu Xianzhi's rural propaganda team is a very good suggestion. It will be carried out in a big way in the future. The three levels of government, county, state and county, regularly dispatch officials to the villages to preach... Well, to preach national policies and popularize the law...
.We want the people to know that the court has good laws, good governance and corresponding institutions to protect them. If we don’t let them know, it will not be effective. Then, no matter how perfect our laws and political systems are, they will all be shown to the blind.
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Zhao Sikankan said that Zhang Shuye would interject a few words in the middle, raise some doubts, or express his own opinions. The conversation between the two continued from noon to evening, and it has not stopped. This chapter has been completed!