Chapter 438 Lessons from the Past
"Concubine...Concubine..."
"Don't panic, speak slowly."
Zhao Xing smiled slightly, buried his head in little Shen's neck and kissed her softly. His hand slipped to the belt and untied it.
"It was General Song and my brother who told me to let my concubine participate in the draft."
"That's good."
Zhao Xing raised his head and smiled: "I like obedient people."
Zhao Xing actually already had a guess about this, and Xiao Shen's answer was just for him to confirm.
But now that the beauty is in front of him, Zhao Xing has no time to think about this.
Zhao Xing hugged little Shen and fell on the bed. The older couple came forward and helped the two of them take off their clothes. Then they lowered the bed curtains and stood by the bed with a red face, waiting for instructions.
After a while, there was a cry of pain in the room, and then a red-faced midnight sound sounded in the room.
After about half a stick of incense, Little Shen let out a long cry and then became quiet.
Zhao Xing did not have enough sex, but it was the first time that Xiao Shen had sex, and it was obvious that he couldn't bear it anymore. Zhao Xing asked the big pair and the little pair to go to bed and continue the war.
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Inside Chui Gong Hall
Zhao Xing looked at the important ministers below and said: "Years ago, I and Zhu Aiqing discussed the rectification of the official administration many times. They all say that conquering the world is easy, but defending the world is difficult. This difficulty is reflected in the official administration. The Song Dynasty was founded. It has been a hundred years, and the corruption of officialdom has reached the point where it cannot be improved without rectification.
Based on some suggestions from my dear friends and some of my considerations, I have drawn up a charter. Dear dear ladies, please take a look. ”
After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he asked Sanshui to show the charter he drew up to everyone.
After Han Zhang read it, without saying a word, he handed it to the official next to him, lowered his head and pondered.
After all the officials had finished reading, Zhao Xing smiled and said: "Gentlemen, what do you think of this charter?"
"Your Majesty, there is no problem with the standards for official evaluation. I think there is no need to change it. In addition, is it a bit ridiculous to use the increase in local money and food as the evaluation standard?" an official asked.
"Chu Aiqing, what are you talking about?" Zhao Xing said lightly.
"Officials are not businessmen. The fields in each place are fixed, and the amount of grain produced will not vary much from year to year. If His Majesty's law is implemented, some officials will inevitably increase various exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in order to be promoted. In the end, it is the people who will suffer! ”
"Joke!" Zhao Xing sneered: "I ask you, what is the role of officials in managing a place?"
"Of course it's to protect the environment and the people!"
"This is true, but it is too one-sided. In my opinion, once you serve as an official, you should benefit one party.
Aiqing said that the fields are all fixed, which is simply ridiculous. Not to mention that there are wastelands that can be reclaimed everywhere, but why are so many of the inherent fields that are clearly registered in the records hidden? The registered fields can be hidden, so why is there a fixed number? ”
"Even if the quantity is fixed, increasing fertilizers and building water conservancy projects can increase grain production.
As for the increase in money, it is even simpler. The prosperity of the people will naturally drive business prosperity and business taxes will increase.
In addition, the growth of population will also increase the local economy. How can it be fixed? ”
"But officials are not traders. Officials can still intervene in farming, but those traders are not directly controlled by officials."
"You are right, but you can't control it directly. Can't you influence it indirectly? How to increase food production and prosper a country's economy without exploiting people and merchants. These are what officials should think about. Otherwise, is it true that the imperial court supports so many local officials? let them Deciding cases and responding to natural and man-made disasters without any initiative? Building bridges, paving roads, and reviewing cases are what officials should do. Building a few bridges and handling a few important cases can become conspicuous political achievements. Ridiculous!" Zhao Xing said lightly.
Most of the officials in ancient times were just dawdling around and did not play any real role.
The achievements of some officials who were evaluated for promotion were building bridges and paving roads in the local area, and they were highly praised by the people.
How much this so-called well-praised by the people can be said depends on the beholder.
Zhao Xing had seen the performance of many officials who were promoted, and came to the conclusion that even tethering a dog would make no difference.
In the officialdom, if you want to be promoted, you have to spend money. Unless you have a background, you have to make particularly outstanding political achievements.
In the eyes of many officials, spending money for promotion in the officialdom is the most important thing, and political achievements are not important at all.
If you have that time, you might as well think about how to make money. As for political achievements, when your term is about to expire, build a bridge and pave a road, and let people publicize it, and it will come.
Why do you say this is not a great political achievement?
Nothing major happened in the place under my jurisdiction during this period. Isn't that the greatest political achievement?
"But the rich and poor are different in different places, and the population is also different. If this is used as the standard, how can it be fair?"
"The rich and poor are different in each place, so naturally we cannot judge them the same way. Instead, we have to look at the proportion of growth. In addition, in the future, when officials are promoted, in addition to the assessment by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, I will also order people to assess the local changes during their term of office, and what they have done in ordinary times." Reputation among the common people.”
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"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate..."
“I think it’s very appropriate!”
Zhao Xing waved his hand to interrupt the official who was speaking. He glanced at everyone and said, "Don't think I don't know. It's a common practice for officials to give gifts for promotion. No matter how good their political performance is, if they don't spend money for promotion, not only will they not be promoted, but they will also be transferred. A remote and cold place. On the other hand, even if you have no political achievements, you can still be promoted if you manage well. I don’t want to pursue these things, but I don’t want to see them again, otherwise don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
As soon as Zhao Xing said this, the officials who wanted to object immediately shut up.
How many people here have never received the filial piety from officials?
Many times the point of management is not to ask the other party to contribute, but to reflect the relationship.
For example, before an official was about to be promoted, he went to Han Zhang's house with gifts.
Even if Han Zhang doesn't say anything, even if the officials don't take care of him, they won't make things difficult for him.
After all, Grand Master's face still has to be sold.
Moreover, the so-called giving often does not mean giving gifts directly, but giving gifts during festivals or happy events.
This will not constitute bribery and affect your reputation.
But if it is more serious, the trouble is not small.
"Your Majesty!"
An official came out and said: "I saw that there is an article in the regulations drawn up by your Majesty that when officials are awarded actual positions, they need to conduct a test. I wonder what this test is specifically?"
"Test officials' understanding of the law and how to respond to emergencies!"
Zhao Xing said calmly: "In the past, when the imperial examination officials and the Yinfeng officials were awarded actual positions, they were directly awarded. I think it is very inappropriate. If officials govern a party, they don't even know how to handle some government affairs, and they don't even understand the laws. Clear, how to govern one party? ”
"Your Majesty, it has been like this every time since the imperial examination was introduced. If the change is made, the literati in the world will definitely not be willing. After all, they studied hard in their humble beginnings and won the gold medal just to become officials. Your Majesty must not forget Zhang Yuan's lessons learned from the past. Ah." the official said.
(End of chapter)