Chapter 114 How to pass the exam
Zhu Houzhao took off the phoenix crown on the little queen's head, put it under his arm, and then took the little queen's hand: "Let's go, see the queen mother! Wear it again in Cining Palace!"
The little queen's hands were so soft that Zhu Houzhao did not dare to squeeze them hard for fear of breaking her bones.
The little queen hummed, smiled sweetly, and trotted along with Zhu Houzhao, with her brocade-embroidered shoes poking half of her head out of her skirt from time to time.
At this time, Concubine Su and Concubine Liu were already waiting outside Cining Palace. Seeing Zhu Houzhao and the little empress appear, they hurriedly saluted.
"No gifts!"
Zhu Houzhao then put the phoenix crown on the little queen, let go of the little queen's hand and entered the Cining Palace first. He took three little girls, no, it should be said to be Zhu Houzhao's three wives, to the Empress Dowager Zhang. .
Empress Dowager Zhang smiled lovingly. After the due etiquette was completed, she asked Zhu Houzhao and others to sit down. She only pulled the little empress in front of her, gave her a jade bracelet, and greeted her with concern, completely forgetting about it. His biological son Zhu Houzhao: "Did you have sex last night?"
Zhu Houzhao didn't expect Empress Dowager Zhang to ask this directly. He thought to himself, did he really not regard these thirteen or fourteen-year-old concubines as girls and have no scruples?
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, we have sex!"
The little queen didn't know what she meant. She just thought that she and the emperor were in the same room and slept in the same room as her mother said, so she answered accordingly.
After hearing this, Queen Mother Zhang became even happier and said with a smile: “It’s time to change your name to Queen Mother!”
Zhu Houzhao really couldn't stand the atmosphere of having nothing to talk about such topics, so he hurriedly said: "Mother, I still have government affairs to be busy with, so I'll take my leave now!"
As soon as he arrived at the cabinet and the supervising room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Ma Wensheng, the chief assistant on duty, saw that Zhu Houzhao had arrived so early, so he hurriedly greeted Zhu Houzhao and smiled sincerely: "Your Majesty is really more diligent than the late emperor. Now that you are newly married, you should rest for a while. It’s also understandable.”
"The country and country of our ancestors are more important. Let's discuss the matter. Is there anything important today?" Zhu Houzhao said and sat in the middle, leaning on the pillow, just flipping through the memorial he had already drafted and continuing to read.
When Zhu Houzhao was lifting his sleeves, Ma Wensheng noticed an injury on Zhu Houzhao's hand and couldn't help but ask: "What is this injury, Your Majesty?"
"It's okay, I did it for the queen," Zhu Houzhao said.
"Your Majesty, the Queen is still young, so take your time. Although Your Majesty is the master, you are also a husband, so you should be compassionate and cherish the beauty." Ma Wensheng thought that Zhu Houzhao had hurt the Queen and caused his hand to be scratched by the Queen's nails, so he persuaded her. One sentence.
"I want you to talk more," Zhu Houzhao replied.
"Let's get down to business," Zhu Houzhao said directly without bothering to talk about it. "According to the decree, Wang Shu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, has formally submitted a memorial, recommending that the imperial court implement the method of examination, and restart the capital inspection in April this year, first inspect the capital officials, and then make plans for local officials. I have voted to approve it!"< br>
Ma Wensheng handed over Wang Shu's memorial.
Zhu Houzhao looked at it and said: "Now that the official selection examination has ended, and the court has replenished a large number of Beijing officials, it is a good time to hold a Beijing inspection. It also happens to take advantage of this to implement the new examination method. The mediocre and incompetent will be dismissed, and the wise and talented will be dismissed." For the sake of simplicity, let’s approve it! Then, the cabinet immediately issued an order to all the ministries and yamen to start inspections!”
As Zhu Houzhao spoke, he threw the memorial in front of the eunuch Gu Dayong, the eunuch Bingbi, the Superintendent of Liturgy, and Gu Dayong immediately took it and approved it.
In this way, in the first year of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty's civil service reform entered the deep water zone, ushering in the implementation of the examination method. The performance reward and punishment system will start to stir up the Ming Dynasty's political arena, which has gradually become a pool of stagnant water. Bring new vitality and vitality.
For officials who do practical things, this kind of reform is undoubtedly a good thing. It can not only increase a large amount of salary income through political performance, but also be promoted through political performance. It is no longer the previous kind of opportunity to rely on creating reputation and building connections. Improvement, and at the same time, there is no need to make money without conscience in order to survive.
Hong Ming, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, is this kind of official. He cannot create an unjust case for money, but he still suffers every day from not having enough income to support his seven sons and one wife and two concubines. At the same time, he has no money to bribe his superiors to get promoted. , and was ridiculed by many of his peers for being pedantic.
Nowadays, the imperial court's performance rewards and punishment exams have allowed Hong Ming to avoid falling into the abyss of corruption. He found that since he could satisfy his need for a good life through diligent political affairs and also had the hope of being promoted because of good political achievements, he no longer No longer caring about other people's ridicule, I only speed up the efficiency of reviewing cases, hoping to get good performance evaluation results during the Beijing inspection.
Because Wang Shu is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, and now several ministers in the court are indeed dedicated to promoting officials. In addition, after the reform of the performance system, the performance of officials is clear at a glance and the information is made public. It is easy to compare who is superior and who is inferior. , Therefore, because Hong Ming ranked first in the Ministry of Punishment assessment, he was given an additional three months of monthly salary rewards corresponding to that year's grade.
In other words, in the years before the next Beijing inspection, his monthly monthly salary was four times that of the current one, that is, sixty-four dan, and it was all real money without any changes. This was already more than what the previous second-rank officials had received. Monthly salary.
And because of this, he was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Justice the following year.
"It is truly the emperor's grace that brings clarity to the world!" Hong Ming said with emotion.
But there are also many officials who are very dissatisfied with this, even the majority. People are lazy, and they all hope that they can get something for nothing or work for less. Therefore, most officials hope to do less and get promoted and make money easily. If there is an opportunity, even if they can get a large amount of Lumi rewards for their political achievements, they are not willing to do so. After all, it is very hard even if the income is high.
This new entrance examination method requires officials to report their affairs every day and promise to complete it when they are completed. If they complete it, they will have political achievements and rewards. If they fail to complete it, there will naturally be penalties. This is for most people who just want to be funny and write poems. For many officials in the capital who received a large amount of ice, charcoal and silver, it was like a curse on them.
Especially the Qingliu officials who are good at talking but not good at government affairs. They have always relied on reputation to gain advancement and wealth. Now, they only focus on practical matters and not reputation, which is simply killing them.
Li Mengyang is this type of official. However, his official position is not that he is a doctor in the Sichuan Qingli Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he is following the path of a Qingliu official, gaining merit by gaining fame and writing poems and articles. Today's entrance examination method, It made him very It was hard to accept, and he directly slapped the table and said: "What is this Ma Junzhou doing! The selection of officials does not ask about their origins, reputation, reputation, recommendation by ministers, and integrity. This move undoubtedly goes against the principles of the court and the right path! ”
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