Chapter 287 Prime Minister (11) Thousand Gold Horse Bones
With Gao Pragmatic's current power and status, being able to "train" by his side is naturally what young officials want, and Li Zhizao is naturally one of them. But even so, Li Zhizao is still quite doubtful about the transfer of officials. After all, in his opinion
Come on, although I am ranked fifth in the second division of Yi Chou Branch (the 26th year of Wanli), my "academic qualifications" are not enough in front of Gao Yuanfu, the top pick in the Sixth Prize, so Gao Yuanfu definitely did not choose me because of this.
My articles are well written.
As for the promotion and reuse of officials, since they don't look at articles, they should look at political achievements, but Li Zhizao is not confident enough on this point.
As mentioned just now, Li Zhizao's position before he was transferred back to the capital by the Ministry of Civil Affairs was Wailang, a member of the Camping and Maintenance Department of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. What kind of organization is the Camping and Maintenance Department? It is one of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry and is responsible for the construction of palaces, mausoleums, and city walls.
In charge of temples, warehouses, buildings, barracks, and mansions, supervising craftsmen and laborers, preparing materials, sorting materials, and storing them until construction begins.
The Camping and Restoration Department of the Ming Dynasty was established in the early 29th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, with one doctor, three Yuanwailang, and four chiefs. After Yongle moved the capital, there were six divisions in the Ming Dynasty, the north and the south. Among them, the Nanjing Ministry of Industry’s Camping and Restoration Department also had one doctor.
, but the number of Yuanwailang is reduced to one person, and the number of principals is reduced to three.
Langzhong is the chief officer at the "division" level, Yuanwailang is equivalent to the adjutant, and the principal is equivalent to the business supervisor. Therefore, Li Zhizao is equivalent to the adjutant responsible for the "camp repair" work in Nanjing.
In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, it was very difficult to achieve results in this type of position, because you have a doctor and leader above you, and a principal responsible below. You are caught in the middle and you can neither achieve good leadership nor execution.
If there is no effort at both ends, how can there be any credit?
To put it simply, when you are a Yuanwailang, you usually have to wait for seniority and wait for your boss to move - it doesn't matter whether he moves to the left or to the right. Only if he moves his position, will you have the opportunity to rise to the position of Langzhong.
Then you can think about how to get some credit and continue to get promoted.
Therefore, although Li Zhizao was "excellent in his job" when he was appointed as Yuanwailang of the Camp and Maintenance Department, he did not have any merit worthy of special mention. Gao Yuanfu, a prime minister who relied on countless great achievements to rise to power, is unlikely to be regarded as a mere
A person who is "excellent in his own job" must have other reasons for choosing himself.
In addition to articles and merit, there is another reason for being easily promoted, or two reasons: faction and place of origin. Faction means political alignment, and place of origin is the direct source of the township party.
However, the problem is that Li Zhizao has no faction. If I have to say it, he is a neutral faction. He is not from the Real School anyway. As for his place of origin, Li Zhizao is from Renhe County, Hangzhou, which is far different from Gao Yuanfu's home province of Henan.
Unable to hit. There were even rumors that Gao Yuanfu disliked students from the Jiangnan area because he didn’t like to learn by heart. Of course, some people disagree with this statement, because there are also students from Zhejiang under Gao Yuanfu’s family, such as Fang Congzhe’s ancestral home.
Zhejiang.
In short, from the perspective of political alignment and township party background, Li Zhizao did not have enough basis for Gao Yuanfu to treat him favorably.
So, Gao Yuanfu really picked him just because he was "good at calculus, counting and other studies"? Li Zhizao felt very surprised.
The Ming Dynasty has always valued articles rather than arithmetic, and Gao Yuanfu himself was the number one scholar in six titles. Even though he was famous for being good at financial management, people all over the world just thought that this was just because he was too knowledgeable and talented, so he was ranked first in articles.
In addition, he still has enough time to study arithmetic, so he would never think that he values arithmetic more than articles.
However, now that the facts are before us, Gao Yuanfu seems to really attach great importance to arithmetic, and even the "wash pen" around him attaches great importance to his arithmetic talent.
Li Zhizao was not very confident. After seeing him, he stood carefully, his eyes drooped slightly, and he did not dare to look directly at Yuan Fu. Gao pragmatically looked at him with great interest, then nodded with a smile and said: "It's hard work to come from far away. Ordinarily I
The cabinet department should allow you to rest for a few days, and wait for the staff department to finish handling the whole matter before letting you come to the cabinet to serve as an errand, but it didn't happen by chance...or it was too coincidental.
The affairs of our cabinet are complicated these days. Since you are here, you should first come to the cabinet to get familiar with it. As for the head and tail of the staff department, our cabinet will send people to tell them and let them handle everything on their own without any help from you.
What do you think about blending in?"
What else could Li Zhizao say? Naturally, he quickly raised his hands and said, "But it depends on Yuan Fu's orders."
After he finished speaking, he felt that his words were dry and seemed to be disrespectful to Lord Yuanfu, so he quickly prepared to add something more to make the words more pleasant. Who knew that Gao Yuanfu didn't give him a chance at all, and immediately said: "Okay, then,
It's better to choose a day than to hit it. Just come with me and I'll leave you with something to do."
ah?
Li Zhizao was inevitably a little startled, thinking that Gao Yuanfu had a reputation among scholars for being able to make three moves in one move. Logically speaking, even if he was actually very young - only two years older than himself, he should still be able to express his emotions and anger.
How could the image of a person who was crumbling in front of someone without changing his expression turn into such a vigorous and resolute person?
In fact, this is inevitably a stereotype, or even an imaginary stereotype. Perhaps due to cultural traditions, the image of Chinese wise men is often that of a lukewarm person, as if they have to think twice about everything.
Carefully consider every word.
However, Li Zhizao didn't know that Gao Zhizao would really think clearly when thinking about big things, but he would not waste time on arranging today's work for a "cleaner" like Li Zhizao - there will be plenty of time, and Li Zhizao will naturally understand in the future.
Own.
In a daze, Li Zhizao followed Gao Jingshi to Yuanfu's room. Before he could take a closer look at the furnishings of this room, which symbolized the pinnacle of power of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Jingshi had already handed over a stack of official documents and said: "Zhenzhi,
This is a detailed list of the supplies required by Liu Wei's department. The Ministry of Household Affairs submitted it today. The prices are listed at the end of the list. Come and audit it to see if there are any errors, omissions, false reports, etc. Well... take a look at these by the way.
Is the price appropriate and is there any room for lowering the price?”
"Yes, Yuan Fu." Li Zhizao's scalp was numb, but he could only agree first. He felt that this matter might not be easy to handle, and he didn't know why Yuan Fu gave him such an offending job in the first place.
Why is it an errand to offend others? Because Liu Wei is on an expedition, I, a layman, have no idea what he needs, so I can only calculate it based on the report. But Yuan Fu himself said just now that the price specified in this report was sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs
He came up, and the Ministry of Household Affairs was originally Yuan's assistant and minister. If he had different opinions after the audit, he would offend his new colleagues. Although the formalities of the Ministry of Personnel have not been completed, he has been transferred to the position of Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Household Affairs after all.
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He, Li Zhizao, hasn't reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs yet. Is it okay to offend his colleagues first? But the question is, if the first job he accepts is "according to the report", will Yuan Fu think that he is doing nothing and has done nothing?
Woolen cloth?
In fact, Li Zhizao was overthinking it. The main purpose of Gao Pragmatic bringing him to his side was really not for the "secretary level" he may or may not have had, but because Li Zhizao in the original history was a scientist as famous as Xu Guangqi!
What Gao pragmatism needs most is to guide and transform the social atmosphere through Li Zhizao's "prosperity", and then to serve as a frontline for his soon-to-be reform of the imperial examination system - well, maybe don't call it reform, it should be called innovation, to inject new vitality -