Chapter 132 This is a trap! (Coming!)

After returning home, Zhang Heng opened the outline of a book.

He was going to write a book to enlighten the people of the Song Dynasty and make them realize that sea trade was not just sea trade, it also had a name, sea power!

But he was a little confused as to what name he should give this book.

Called "On Sea Power"?

Zhang Heng scratched his head. This name didn't seem to attract much attention, and at first glance, it seemed to be talking about the sea. Of course it was not wrong, but many people in the Song Dynasty had never seen the sea in their lives. If it was this name

, they won’t be willing to see it.

How about calling it "Maritime Silk Road"?

It's a good choice, but it's still unlikely to attract the attention of the people of the Song Dynasty.

Zhang Heng suddenly had an idea and wrote on the paper - The Rise of a Great Power.

Once the name is decided, it sets a tone, and this book is about how a great country can rise.

Once the tone is set, it’s easy to write next.

His main purpose is to clearly explain the importance of the ocean to a country, so there are several concepts that must be clearly analyzed in this book.

There are at least these concepts:

First, what factors contribute to the rise of a country, which involve geopolitics, national system, economy, population, industry, agriculture, etc., must be analyzed clearly before introducing the next step.

The next step is to analyze the conditions that the Song Dynasty had to become a great power, and correspond them one by one. It mainly explains the geographical disadvantages. This step is mainly to introduce the importance of the ocean to the Song Dynasty.

The next step is to focus on analyzing the importance of the ocean to the Song Dynasty. Due to its geographical disadvantages, the Song Dynasty had to develop maritime power in order to break away from this rut. Here we introduce the next step.

What can the development of maritime power bring to the Song Dynasty? Bring wealth, upgrade the overall handicraft industry, bring stable life to the people, and lay the foundation for national stability. Zhang Heng even made an assertion in it that once the Great Song Dynasty

If Song Dynasty truly values ​​the ocean, then many of the problems it encounters will no longer be a problem.

Furthermore, developing the advantages of maritime power will provide more possibilities once the lost territory in the north is to be recovered one day. Not only can strikes be carried out from the sea, but also logistical problems can be solved from the sea, etc...

In this way, a brief outline was written, but Zhang Heng was not sure whether there were any taboos in this outline, or whether it would not be attractive enough, so he planned to find someone to take a look at it.

In fact, the most suitable person to watch is Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Zhen is the emperor after all, so he can't see him whenever he wants. Moreover, Zhao Zhen is the person Zhang Heng wants to influence the most. Naturally, he hopes to produce a finished product before letting him watch it.

It would be best for Zhao Zhen to cry and beg him to do something as soon as possible after seeing it.

hey-hey.

Zhao Zhen can't do it, Fan Zhongyan... don't show him that bitch!

Zhang Heng is not too big-minded.

Zeng Gongliang was suitable, but Zeng Gongliang was not around. Zhang Heng looked around and had to find Wu Yu.

The master is also a teacher. It is best to find a teacher for this kind of thing. Oh, it is best to have it written into a book by then. If you can write a preface and so on, more people will read it if it is recommended by such a high-ranking official in the court.

Hmm... In this case, it would be better to use Jia Changchao, Zeng Gongliang, Wu Yu, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan... Bah, it is best not to use them, because when the reform fails and these people are demoted, it will inevitably affect this book, and Ouyang Cannon's preface will also be affected.

don't want!

Zhao Zhen... it would be best to have it. If the emperor endorses it, then more people will read this book.

So Zhang Heng frequently went to Wu Yu's residence, and occasionally went to Jia Changchao's house to ask for advice. Wu Yu was a teacher, so it didn't matter if he kept disturbing him. Although the relationship between Jia and Changchao was just mutual cooperation, if they moved around more, the relationship would naturally get better.

While Zhang Heng was writing his book, the Qingli New Deal finally began.

In mid-October, the reform officially began.

Fan Zhongyan and others selected Zhang Wenzhi from among central officials, Wang Su served as the transit inspector for Hebei and Jingdong respectively, and Shen Miao served as the transit inspector for Huainan.

Their responsibilities are different from those of ordinary transit envoys, which focus on finance. They mainly examine whether the governors of various states in their respective areas are competent and entrust them with their authority.

Within this road, you can "choose your own governors, and those who do not do anything will be dismissed, and the power will be promoted to the general judge."

Those with political achievements should not be replaced easily.

Those with outstanding political performance should be promoted and given important positions.

Then, the magistrate (prefecture) will inspect the county magistrates, and those who are incompetent will be replaced by the official. After serving as an acting prefecture or county magistrate for one or two years, if the performance is good, he can be officially appointed as a state or county magistrate as a way to improve the administration of officials. primary measures.

This is "selecting officials" among the "Ten Things" of reform.

At the end of the same month, the second reform was carried out, and an edict was issued to reform the performance evaluation method for officials. It changed the system that had started in the Xiangfu period of Dazhong, "the system where the most qualified candidates are qualified for a limited number of years, and those who enter the official position are based on qualifications." This method does not care about virtuousness or political performance, but only seniority.

After senior officials reach their term of office, they must submit a petition based on their political performance; general officials who commit "private crimes" during their term of office must also submit a petition to determine whether to be promoted.

Those with outstanding political performance will be promoted based on their outstanding performance. This reform is limited to civil servants.

This is the "clear dethronement" of the "Ten Matters" of reform.

Fan Zhongyan knew that the reform involved the vested interests of many officials, but not many people actually supported the reform, and it was not clear how determined Zhao Zhen was to support the reform.

He was deeply worried about Fu Bi, another leader of the reform, and said: "My husband and I are here, how many of our colleagues are of the same mind? Even though the superior's intention is unknown, it is unknown."

But this did not stop him from pursuing reforms.

In mid-November, another edict was issued to reduce the number of junior officials who were descendants of middle- and senior-level officials, and also lowered the rank of yinbu officials other than the eldest son and other relatives.

Junior civil servants in Yinbu must pass examinations, and military attachés must pass examinations on martial arts or military skills before they can take up corresponding official positions.

This is "suppressing luck" among the "Ten Things" of reform.

Fan Zhongyan's concerns were correct. As soon as these three policies were announced, public opinion was in an uproar.

After the implementation started, there were constant complaints, and there was quite a tense situation.

Zhang Heng concentrated on writing a book and went to the judge's hall every day to do things. After finishing the work, he started writing a book. He didn't want to pay attention to the disturbances outside, but how could a person be alone in the officialdom.

In mid-November, Zhang Heng was promoted again.

Zhang Heng was promoted one level, from Secretary Cheng to Zuo Zhengyan, and then he was removed from the first level of signing magistrate and transferred to the post of magistrate, and was added to the internal affairs.

Originally, getting promoted was something to be happy about, especially when it happened so quickly, but Zhang Heng was not satisfied with this job.

Because this is such an offending job!

What kind of department is the Ryunai Quan? This organization is responsible for the selection, exchange and dispatch of civil servants from the beginning of their official career to the post of prefectural and county magistrates, as well as the review of merits and demerits.

Do you understand, it means that Zhang Heng was dragged into the Qingli New Deal, and he did something that offended people!

Zhang Heng suspected that Fan Zhongyan was the bastard, so he ran to ask Wu Yu. Sure enough, although Fan Zhongyan did not recommend this job, it was recommended by Ouyang Xiu. Ouyang Xiu was Fan Zhongyan's man, so he had to be blamed.

Yu Fan Zhongyan.

Although I'm a little unhappy, I'm here now, why don't I go and take office?

Moreover, this is probably the meaning of reward for merit. Although it was not Fan Zhongyan's original intention to impose a sea ban, Zhang Heng was regarded as the vanguard of Fan Zhongyan's attack on the Jiangnan faction. When the matter was accomplished, of course he also wanted to reward merit.

The credit is mine, why not?

So Zhang Heng rushed to take office.

But when Zhang Heng came to Liuneiquan, his excitement faded.

Because Liu Neiquan was in charge of the selection, exchange and dispatch of officials from the beginning to the post of prefecture and county officials, as well as the assessment of merits and demerits, it can be said that all the officials in the world, except for the officials in the Beijing Dynasty who were assigned to the judicial court, the rest were

Liu Neiquan management.

There were tens of thousands of officials in the Song Dynasty, and there were countless officials, and among such a huge number, there were only two officials in Liuneiquan, and more than a dozen officials!

Zhang Heng knew at a glance that this job was impossible to do!

If it were just a matter of selecting officials and dispatching personnel, this work would be possible, but this time it would require grinding.

What is grinding and surveying is the KPI assessment for future generations.

For the KPI assessment of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people, even in the later generations with computers, this department must have at least a thousand people, plus local personnel cadres, there must be at least close to ten thousand people.

As for Liu Neiquan of the Song Dynasty, there were only two official officials and more than a dozen officials... Isn't this a joke!

But after a brief communication with another Liu Neiquan, he understood.

The original work of Liu Neiquan was actually quite simple, although the procedures were quite formal. Four documents were generally required to be submitted during the survey.

That is "reason for explanation", which is similar to the combination of application form and certification letter.

The second is the "recommendation letter", which is the recommendation letter from the superior.

The third is "family status", which is your own family files.

The fourth is the "test report", which is the performance evaluation written by the superior.

It can be seen that in terms of system design, it is necessary to examine the official's governance achievements.

However, in actual operations, Liu Neiquan simply does not have enough manpower to review the authenticity of these materials, so it can often only deal with these evaluations superficially.

You can probably only check whether the format is correct and whether any information has not been submitted in full to cope with the inspection by the superiors.

It does not review the authenticity of the information contained therein, and in the end, in actual implementation, it can only be based on the official's qualifications rather than actual performance.

Colleagues brought out some previous information, and Zhang Heng couldn't help but burst out laughing after reading a dozen of them.

Because the content of most people's grinding documents is the same, and even political achievements and the like are copied and pasted... Oh, they don't have computers, so they copy each other.

Good guy, later generations plagiarized papers, but in this era, they plagiarized political achievements.
To be continued...