After finishing talking about running the newspaper, Zhu Yijun picked up another memorial from the table and said: "This is a memorial that Xu Zhenming of Shanyin County heard about the imperial court's plan to overhaul water conservancy, so he took the initiative to go to Nanjing to see Hai Rui, and passed him on to me.
, old gentleman, take a look."
The names and resumes of officials above the seventh rank in the world are all in Zhang Juzheng's heart. As he took the memorial, he said: "I know that he was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Longqing, and he is a man who can do practical things. I also heard that he always wants to work in the north.
Planting rice. I originally wanted to recommend him to Shizhong as an engineering major this year."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "He can't wait any longer. The matter of growing rice in the north has become his heartache. It just so happens that due to the sale of the salt farm, I have harvested a lot of land in the capital, so I might as well let him try it."
Zhang Juzheng took the memorial, without reading it, and said to the emperor: "The emperor has established a system of direct reporting with silver seals. Some political affairs of important ministers above the governor level and imperial envoys in the world will be reported directly without going through the general affairs department. The cabinet is not allowed to foresee it, and it is given to the right person in the matter."
This is quite annoying. I think that when the emperor approves the red, it is better to ask them to report government affairs through formal memorials - if there are details that are inconvenient to disclose, just use direct reports."
Zhu Yijun nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "What the old man said is that this system is meant to be used by people to collect their favors. I have already reprimanded a few who couldn't understand. However, Xu Zhenming had previously issued a memorial in the sixth year of Longqing, but he did not
To get approval from the court - this time it's not his and Hai Rui's fault. It's not easy for this person to win Hai Rui's favor." After saying this, he burst into laughter.
Zhang Ju felt very comfortable after hearing the emperor's promise. He quickly opened Xu Zhenming's memorial and read it. He saw that the main content of what he wrote was that water transportation was wasteful, and the lack of water conservancy in the north led to insufficient grain production. It was a pity.
.It is suggested that the imperial court should overhaul water conservancy projects and reclaim farmland in the north to solve the food problem in the north.
Xu Zhenming also said in the memorial that when he came to the capital for the Spring Festival in the fifth year of Longqing, he had already inspected the river waters near the capital and believed that tens of thousands of acres of rice fields could be cultivated to alleviate the capital's food demand.
Zhang Juzheng was greatly surprised after seeing it, and said: "This is a capable minister. Congratulations to the emperor on getting a capable minister."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this and said: "Xu Zhenming is clearly a talented person who wants to do things. Although there are some rice fields in the capital city of Fulingyan and Lugou, there are too few. If Xu Zhenming can succeed, the cost of water transportation can also be saved.
Quite a few.”
Zhang Juzheng nodded in agreement, and the two dispersed and discussed the planting of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other new crops. Finally, it was agreed to appoint Xu Zhenming as the Censor of Gyeonggi Tuntian, responsible for the reclamation of farmland and the promotion of new crops.
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After talking about Xu Zhenming? Zhang Juzheng took the memorial that Hai Rui forwarded to him and asked Zhu Yijun: "Hai Rui, this special imperial envoy? When the imperial court's treatment of the Jiangnan families is over? He will come back to deliver the order. What will the emperor plan to do next?"
he?"
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun had a headache and couldn't help but groan. He frowned and looked at Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng happened to be peeking at his face at this time. The two of them met their eyes, and they both burst out laughing.
Zhu Yijun hadn't laughed heartily for a long time. At this time, he was so relaxed that he burst into tears. After laughing, he said to Zhang Juzheng: "I originally wanted to set up roving inspectors across the country to clean up the backlog of cases and crimes in various places.
Unjust prison. - Since my responsibilities are somewhat overlapping with those of the foreign commissioner of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I have been hesitating and have not discussed it with the old gentleman. How about adding the title of Hai Ruizuo as the Censor of the Capital to settle this matter?"
Zhang Juzheng was shaken after hearing this. He asked: "This...this is on the same level as the Minister of Dali Temple. What do you think, the emperor?"
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "I want to establish a mobile final adjudication system? In this civil lawsuit, the rich can bring it to the government? Only those who are particularly wronged or extremely rich can come to Beijing to file a lawsuit? But they suffer a lot because they have no money.
For those who are powerful, why not let Hai Rui take the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Metropolitan Procuratorate? Let's build a mobile Dali Temple, so that those who are helpless can have a place to reason, and also break the stubborn problem of local officials protecting each other. Hmm, I don't know
Can his body hold up?"
Zhang Juzheng thought for a while, then laughed and said: "This old Lianpo can still eat a bucket of rice, your Majesty, don't worry!"
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Zhang Siwei finally completed the "Records of Emperor Shizong" in April, and the imperial court awarded him a reward as usual and gave him the title of Minister of Rites. Zhang Juzheng then submitted a memorial, suggesting that the emperor increase the number of cabinet members.
After being recommended by the court, Zhang Siwei finally realized his dream of joining the cabinet. Before he could sit down, he took over the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works that Wang Guowei was in charge of, and became very busy.
Because Zhang Siwei regarded Wang Guoguang as a competitor, he was more rigorous than Wang Guoguang, a pervert, and worked several times harder, tossing the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works to the point of ecstasy - this was exactly what Zhu Yijun liked to see.
This time the cabinet was re-ranked. Zhang Juzheng was promoted to the Grand Bachelor of the Intermediate Hall and climbed to the top of the cabinet ministers for his work in revising the "Records of King Sejong"; Lu Tiaoyang was promoted to the Grand Bachelor of the Jianji Hall; Wang Guoguang was promoted to the Grand Bachelor of the Wenyuan Pavilion.
First level. Zhang Siwei, a newbie, is a bachelor of Dongge University.
With the completion of spring plowing, the "Whole Basin River Control and Dredging" project, the primary project of Wanli Three Years, has officially started.
Zhang Juzheng was appointed by the emperor as the "Prime Minister of River Control", responsible for coordinating the national water control work; Wang Guangguang and Pan Jixun were appointed as "Associate Ministers of River Control", responsible for assisting Zhang Juzheng.
Since the start of the salt policy reform last year, the title of "Prime Minister" appeared in the imperial court for the first time. The first "salt policy prime minister" was Wang Guoguang. Wang Guangguang was notorious for a long time, but with the completion of the salt policy reform, this prime minister
The name was immediately cancelled.
This year, nationwide water control began, and Zhu Yijun established the "Prime Minister for River Control", with Zhang Juzheng assuming this position. The entire court was kept in the dark, and no objection was raised.
Zhang Juzheng knew exactly what was going on. Seeing that the emperor acted openly and openly, his overtime hours were extended again, and his waist was bent a little from exhaustion.
Pan Jixun, who had the title of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry before he was dismissed, was reinstated as the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and appointed as the Associate Minister of River Control, responsible for the specific tasks of water control.
Wang Guoguang was responsible for coordinating the division of labor among various ministries of the imperial court and across regions and provinces, while Zhang Juzheng was overall responsible for the flood control work.
In order to ensure implementation, Zhu Yijun also issued an order to mobilize elites from various ministries and set up a special class for water control. The special class further deepened Zhang Juzheng's examination method, listed various water control indicators to be completed, reversed the construction period, and first divided the tasks into departments.
, to the province, then broken down layer by layer, and finally fell to individual officials.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple also assigned specialized officials to join the special flood control class, and set up ten inspection teams to conduct assessments at all levels with schedules, task lists, and responsibility lists.
Since Taizu, the civil and military officials of the imperial court have never seen such a formation, and this time is an eye-opener. Even if Kaiji's second ancestor went east to west to deal with such important military matters, the court at that time would only set up dedicated ministers for certain transfer matters.
.The emperor does not interfere with how the dedicated ministers manage their subordinates. As long as the tasks are completed, merit will be paid when the time comes.
Now seeing that the emperor and Zhang Juzheng had played such tricks on the examination method, all the civil and military officials were thinking to themselves that they were too naive in the past - Yu Maoxue, this stupid guy, is it not too late to give advice at this time?
It is a pity that with Zhang Siwei joining the cabinet, Yu Maoxue fell ill and died in prison, and could no longer speak out. The rest of the people saw this ready-made example, and the emperor had already spoken out, so whoever dared to pass the exam would speak out
?——You can’t get past them.
Zhu Yijun led the establishment of the special class and taught Zhang Juzheng a lesson. He originally thought that the examination method he designed was already very good and that it was also harsh on officials.
Unexpectedly, the emperor would actually innovate and tap the potential of the examination method to this extent. Compared with the emperor, the examination method he introduced was a bit loose and was very good for officials. After thinking about it like this, Zhang Juzheng was almost moved by himself.
This kind of political thinking would never be thought of by an old official who had not been immersed in officialdom for many years. Is this emperor a wise and wise man or is he surrounded by capable people? Zhang Juzheng cannot observe it and is too lazy to guess. Anyway, this method is easy to use.
After the introduction of this enhanced version of the examination method, officials at all levels who were tasked with the task were enlightened. In addition to asking their wives to make a little man out of cloth, write the name Zhang Juzheng on it, and prick it with needles every day, all of them imitated it.
In this way, it is broken down layer by layer and implemented by people, and the family first conducts self-examination.
In order to encourage officials at all levels to perform their duties diligently, the imperial court was not blindly harsh. After the establishment of the special class, a reward and punishment system was established. The penalties were no different from those set by the imperial court in previous assessments. This reward system was very humane:
Anyone who performs well in the water control project will be immediately promoted to one level or above. If he or she makes a significant contribution to the entire project, in addition to regular honors such as promotion and service, the cash reward will be increased tenfold, with an upper limit of 10,000 taels;
During the process of water control, most officials held two positions, so their workload was almost doubled. The imperial court therefore issued regulations that during the implementation of the project, the performance appraisal of the water control officials should still be excellent in their own work, which was called "double excellence." The imperial court honored his descendants with one
, you can give your name as you like. Even if all of your descendants are daughters, it’s no problem, the relatives on your mother’s side and the court will recognize it.
The introduction of this reward and punishment system has caused a sensation among officials all over the world. No matter how responsible the officials are, they have no intention of slacking off, their eyes are red, and they have to do something famous.
The entire empire, due to the establishment of a special class for water control and the implementation of the enhanced test method, was finally like a long-rusty machine. After being injected with lubricating oil made of real gold and silver, the inertia was worn away amidst the rattling.