985 From passive to active
After returning from a private visit to Jiangnan, an imperial edict was issued, announcing that the government would go to the township level. Now, the matter of establishing township heads in various places that meet the requirements is in full swing. For example, Nanxun Town, where Emperor Chongzhen visited, the annual trade volume is as high as tens of millions of taels of silver. At this scale, it is impossible to have poorer prefectures, such as Yan'an Prefecture, and provincial prefectures and counties that are about to be established in Liaodong.
Emperor Chongzhen thought about it for a moment and understood, and immediately sneered: "Is it only for wealth to be an official for thousands of miles?"
Speaking of this, without waiting for Wang Yongguang to respond, he instructed: "I see this. In the future, in addition to the previous assessment as the basis for selecting officials from the Ministry of Personnel, a procedure will be added to the previous assessment..."
When Wang Yongguang heard this, he knew that the emperor might have some new ideas that could cure this situation. From the past, the emperor's new ideas were very good, and they could often effectively solve the problems accumulated over the years, even problems that could be solved by all dynasties. Thinking of this, he was very curious, and he didn't know what the emperor had this time?
"In the future, whenever there is a local official position to be chosen, a qualified candidate can be given a self-recommendation, explaining how to do it after taking office, how to do the official position you want to hold, and then the Ministry of Personnel will select officials with practical solutions from the many self-recommendators to take up their posts. If you cannot do what you recommend, you will be given a higher level in the next year. If you can really do it, you can add a higher level in the assessment..."
Emperor Chongzhen was afraid that Wang Yongguang would be too old and could not figure it out, so he explained it in detail. His idea was actually similar to some elections in later generations. If you want to be an official, you should give your advantages to show your actions. Whoever says it well can take on it. Of course, past political achievements must be considered comprehensively. Unlike those elections, elections are a promise to the voters, and this is a promise to the Ministry of Personnel or the court.
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen himself had been doing this. The reason why Wen Tiren was able to be the chief assistant, was promoted to the chief assistant by Emperor Chongzhen and recommended the cabinet assistant minister because Wen Tiren explained the policy program to Emperor Chongzhen and mentioned various economic means of the former Song Dynasty. Among the many ministers, the most concerned Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts were the most.
Before this, there may be such examples in the most important official position in the court. The emperor would first talk to his ministers and give the corresponding official if it meets the requirements. However, the grassroots official positions, especially those within the authority of the Ministry of Personnel, are mostly taken the initiative of the Ministry of Personnel, and the selected officials are passive.
After listening to Emperor Chongzhen's detailed explanation, Wang Yongguang came to his senses after a while and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, is this inappropriate? If an unexpected situation occurs and the local officials cannot fulfill their promise..."
"There is nothing wrong, just do it like this!" Emperor Chongzhen made arbitrary decision on this matter. "If there are special circumstances such as natural disasters, we will naturally have to evaluate it separately. For such exceptional matters, the Ministry of Personnel must report the situation to the cabinet and to my knowledge."
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "In addition, when selecting officials, the officials must consider the hard work and hard work. All officials who have made achievements from poor places will be better at the assessment. Anyone who refuses to serve in poor places will be included in the second-class list and shall not be activated unless necessary."
It can be heard that the emperor was very annoyed by this incident. Wang Yongguang thought in his heart, and the words that the emperor had just said came to his mind: To be an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth!
He was still thinking, but Emperor Chongzhen looked at the memorial presented in his hand. After browsing it, he lit the memorial with his hand and said, "Wang Qing trained these people in a training session, which aspects should be paid attention to, which aspects should be paid attention to, and other similar things, and explain to these people one by one. First select the better people to go to Liaodong. Then he will conquer one place later, and then draw other people to go."
Wang Yongguang thought for a while, and when he was about to speak, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "As for the specific situation in Liaodong, I will give you a basic outline, and similar things should be included in it."
When he said this, he had already thought about this training material. Sun Chengzong took the lead and Zuo Yingxuan and local officials in Liaodong should write it. After he read it, he could supplement it based on some experiences in later generations, and finally form a training document for the Ministry of Personnel.
After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Yongguang and asked, "I think you seem to have something to say just now, let's talk!"
"..." Wang Yongguang opened his mouth, speechless, and was stunned for a while before answering: "My confusion, Your Majesty has just given me some advice, but I have no problem."
Speaking of this, he received the order and said, "I will follow the holy will! Then turn to the Ministry of Personnel and put what Your Majesty said to the truth!"
After obtaining the emperor's approval, Wang Yongguang slowly left the hall, and at the same time felt a little emotional. It seemed that he was indeed old and could not keep up with the emperor's ideas. I am afraid that this job as the Minister of Personnel will not last long!
Gao Shiyue, who had been waiting for the rotation of the side, saw that Wang Yongguang had left the hall, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "I heard that the two major departments in the capital are now very different from the past, one is cold and the other is quite eye-catching!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he knew what he was referring to. It was unreasonable that even Gao Shiyue knew about it. There would be no news from the factory guards.
What he said was that the Ministry of Personnel had always been a popular yamen, and the candidate officials were crowded with the Ministry of Personnel, and they all wanted to get the real shortage as soon as possible. But now, there are so many families. Now it seems that it is because the Ministry of Personnel is choosing local officials in Liaodong that they have avoided it one after another?
Another department is the Ministry of War. In the past, there were not many people here, but now it is like the previous Ministry of Personnel, full of people. Most of these people are military officers from local garrisons near the capital. The military system of the garrison is innovated. Many of their military positions will be cancelled, and the best can still stay in the army. Those who are eliminated will have to go to the local institutions of the Censorate, obey the orders of civil servants, and act as minions. Although it is better than the yamen runners, it is not as good as before. If possible, no one wants to take this path.
Therefore, they all came to the Ministry of War to watch. The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and showed their magical powers, hoping that they could stay in the army.
In response, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled coldly, "Did you run away?" Let's run away. My factory guards have already been waiting to catch the typical examples and punish a group of people severely!
Chapter completed!