Chapter 865 You are watching the scenery on the top of the city
The emperor and his prime minister made decisions on government affairs, and the implementation of government affairs was mostly done by the six ministries. Each of the six ministries performed its duties, and thus the government was stable.
Each department has its own powers and responsibilities and does not infringe on each other. This has been a rule that has lasted for thousands of years and has long become an unwritten law.
In everyone's opinion, the Ministry of Revenue must be responsible for the inventory of land.
There was more sarcasm in Jiang Qingzhi's eyes.
When he learned that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue were making a fuss, he did not take it seriously at all. Jiang Qingzhi first sent someone to the palace to deliver a message, and then he took Zhang Juzheng and others to the Ministry of Revenue slowly. On the way, he even bargained with the merchants just to buy an interesting-looking rattle.
Zhang Juzheng felt that Jiang Qingzhi wanted to sit back and watch Lu Song fall into crisis, and even hoped that Lu Song would lose all his prestige in the Ministry of Revenue, so that Lu Song would have to rely on Jiang Qingzhi to regain his foothold in the Ministry of Revenue.
Then he gradually pulled Lu Song over to become a general of the new policy, or even a general of the Mohist school.
What a plan!
Zhang Juzheng was intelligent and was able to draw inferences from one example and felt that he had learned something.
But what he didn't expect was that when Sun Bu Tong came back from asking for instructions in the palace, he actually brought...
"This land survey is conducted on a voluntary basis."
What are you waiting for?
I've said it's all voluntary. Those who want to go can go, and those who don't want to go are not forced to go!
The atmosphere changed instantly.
The embarrassed officials suddenly realized that something was wrong, as if they had become a small group of people who were making trouble unreasonably.
Those officials who did not participate were just watching the fun, and when they heard this, many of them laughed.
I am indeed wise. I didn't follow this group of crazy people to ask for mercy.
Today's incident is similar to the Zuo Shun Gate incident. Back then, Yang Tinghe and his son encouraged all officials to go to Zuo Shun Gate and knock on the gate, hoping to force the Taoist to bow his head. Today, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue are making trouble, also in order to force Lu Song to bow his head.
A person who can bow his head is said to be able to bend and stretch. When Han Xin was humiliated by being kicked in the crotch, he just laughed it off. When he returned home in glory, those people were terrified, but he still just laughed it off.
That’s because the humiliation under the crotch is a personal honor and disgrace.
The Zuo Shunmen Incident was intended to seize the emperor's authority. The same is true today. If Lü Song bows his head, he will become a laughing stock in the Ministry of Revenue. His authority will no longer exist.
The two approaches lead to the same destination, which can be described in one sentence: the inferior defeats the superior!
As soon as the Zuo Shunmen incident of the Ministry of Revenue began, it was poured with cold water.
The hot blood turned into ice.
Red, with a bloody smell.
Now that Mr. Jiang is here, how will this matter end?
"How many people in our Ministry of Revenue are willing to go?" someone asked angrily.
With no place to vent their passion, they started to criticize the new policy. "Who's willing to go?" the official asked.
Lu Song came out, and Jiang Qingzhi waved, "Old Lu, come here, please watch the show."
Lu Song walked down the steps, and everyone silently made way for him, watching the Confucian general walk to Jiang Qingzhi's side.
"What drama?"
"Playing with monkeys." Jiang Qingzhi said lightly.
Zhang Juzheng continued, "Anyone who is willing to go will be there for two years. After two years, when they return, they will be promoted one level. Those who have outstanding land will be promoted after the investigation... one level ahead of the others."
Putting aside their relationships and backers, there are already various unspoken rules for official promotions. Seniority and evaluation are combined to determine whether an official is promoted to the left or right. Even if they are promoted, most of them are only half a level.
And this process will not take one or two years, but three to five years.
Three to five years is the time to accumulate experience, and then it depends on the evaluation. If the evaluation is top, there is no doubt that you will be promoted. If the evaluation is average, you are mediocre. If the evaluation is below average, you will be given a yellow card warning. Don't even talk about promotion. If you don't get demoted, your ancestors will be very unhappy.
So, being promoted one level after returning two years is not just an ordinary promotion speed, but a rocket-like promotion.
It wasn't that smoke was coming out of the ancestral grave, but that the grave was on fire.
Fire!
Damn it!
In an instant, Lu Ping saw that the eyes of those officials turned red.
Why be an official?
Why do we flatter our superiors on a daily basis?
Why do such despicable things happen?
Why work hard from dawn to dusk?
Isn’t it just for promotion?
In the past, I complained that I had become an old man because of my seniority, but now that I have gained enough seniority, I still have to wait for evaluation.
The road to promotion is harder than climbing to heaven, and I don’t know when I will have the opportunity.
Now the opportunity has come, hasn't it?
Upgrade to the next level in two years!
This is fucking level one!
And it only took two years!
How many years can a person serve as an official?
Even if you are awesome and pass the imperial examination at the age of 20, you can only work in various places unless you are particularly outstanding and enter the Hanlin Academy.
How many years does it take to climb up step by step from the bottom?
Ten years, twenty years, thirty years...
How many thirty years are there in a lifetime?
In this era when life expectancy is generally low and death at the age of forty is considered a long life, then serving as an official until the age of fifty is considered a great achievement, right?
In this way, you will have thirty years to fight in the officialdom.
Half a level at a time, several years at a time...
Who the hell doesn’t want to get a glimpse of the power of the government, who doesn’t want to enter the government hall to make decisions and write inspiring articles?
Even if you can't enter the Council of State, being a vice minister in one of the six ministries is considered a successful life, right?
But how many people can survive in the treacherous political world?
Many times, the biggest enemy is not your colleagues, but time. Countless people are stuck at half a level, unable to make any progress. Unable to break through the bottleneck, they can only watch their colleagues ascend one after another, while they can only stay where they are.
Can you bear it?
When the opportunity comes, can you resist the temptation?
"Really?" Someone spoke, his voice trembling.
Zhang Juzheng smiled: "Your Majesty has spoken personally."
"This... this is against the rules!" someone in the crowd shouted. Jiang Qingzhi recognized the voice that instigated the incident earlier. He said impatiently, "Shi Tou, get that shit-stirring stick out."
"Yes." Sun Chonglou liked this kind of work the most. He strode over. The crowd hesitated for a moment and finally made way for him.
Zhang Juzheng raised an eyebrow, knowing that these people's positions were beginning to soften, so he added fuel to the fire, "Your Majesty has ordered that all officials in Beijing can sign up for the land inventory."
Isn’t this the Ministry of Revenue’s responsibility?
Some people widened their eyes and said, "This is overstepping one's authority!"
At this moment, Zhang Juzheng secretly admired Jiang Qingzhi's imaginative ideas, but he didn't know that Jiang was learning methods from later generations.
The conditions in a certain place are poor and no one is willing to be an official there. Simply put, those who go there are well paid and given priority for promotion, so they immediately flock to it.
Look at those officials, who were excited before and shouted that they were willing to go through fire and water for Confucianism. But now facing Jiang Qingzhi, the great enemy of Confucianism, the same group of people looked at him with such fiery eyes that Jiang Qingzhi felt like he was in an oven.
"There is no one in the world who cannot be moved, there are only insufficient conditions." Jiang Qingzhi said sarcastically.
"This is my Ministry's business. Why should I give it to others? I am willing to go!"
"Whoever dares to rob, our Ministry of Revenue will fight him to the death!"
In order to get promoted, many people are willing to work in a despicable manner and bow their heads and act like grandsons.
Even going through fire and water, even taking risks... even if it means ruining one's reputation.
Just like Yan Song and his son, for the sake of power, they were willing to be criticized by the people of the world and to be infamous for eternity.
Checking the land is risky, but these people are more motivated by selfish motives: Why should I be asked to do such a hard job?
They take advantage of opportunities and avoid difficulties. Their instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm makes them choose to refuse.
But now comes the benefit.
Still a huge benefit.
Those who are promoted to the next level every two years and have outstanding performance will be promoted ahead of others.
What does it mean to be one step ahead?
That is, among the same position or the same group of officials with seniority, when the opportunity comes, no matter what others do, as long as you do not make any mistakes, you will be promoted first!
First sequence!
Are you happy?
Cool!
Do you want to do it?
miss you!
"Sir, I am willing to go!"
"Isn't it just an inventory of land? For the Ming Dynasty, for Your Majesty, and for the Ministry of Revenue, I am willing to go through fire and water, no matter how contemptible it is!"
"Although there are thousands of people, I am going!"
As the crowd rushed forward to sign up, they intentionally or unintentionally pushed out the instigator.
The official turned around in panic and saw Sun Chonglou striding towards him with a fierce smile, so he shouted, "It's not me, it's not me!"
Sun Chonglou grabbed his collar and slapped him. The official opened his mouth, spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with white particles, and screamed, "It's not me."
"Who is that?" Sun Chonglou had been staring at this guy for a long time. The officials turned their eyes away, and those colleagues who were friendly in the past now looked at him coldly.
It's like looking at a dog!
Dead dog!
Sun Chonglou punched the official hard, causing him to kneel on the ground. He grabbed his hair and pulled him up hard. Just as the official screamed and looked up, he kneed him in the face.
Suddenly the face became concave.
Zhang Juzheng couldn't bear to watch and turned his head away, whispering: "Promoting one level every two years, one step ahead of others, this is an unprecedented move. In addition, it is not limited to the Ministry of Revenue, which breaks the scope of authority. Aren't you worried that the six ministries will be dissatisfied?"
"What is the new policy?" Jiang Qingzhi took a puff of herbal cigarette. "It's just the word 'new'. Uncle, if we follow the rules everywhere and dare not touch those so-called rules, do you think this new policy can be successful?"
Zhang Juzheng was thoughtful, "Wang Anshi seemed to be strong in the past, but in fact many of his methods were within the rules. Yes, if we follow the rules in everything, we will be imprisoned in our own prison."
Being able to look at the rules from outside the rules requires courage and vision.
Jiang Qingzhi said calmly: "Under the new policy, there is no division of authority."
Zhang Juzheng thought of Wang Anshi's reorganization of the power structure, "Are you planning to reorganize the six ministries?"
Jiang Qingzhi shook his head, "What I want is cooperation. If you cooperate, it's easy to talk to you. If you don't cooperate, then we will merge."
“It will lead to a disorganization of responsibilities and powers, and contradictions among the six ministries.”
"That's what I want." Jiang Qingzhi smiled. "The New Deal is an opportunity. Whoever seizes the opportunity will get it. It's like a horse race. The goal is in front of you. Whoever gets there first will be rewarded. The powers of the six ministries... What's new about the New Deal?"
Zhang Juzheng suddenly realized that "the new policy should be based on power."
Jiang Qingzhi nodded, "Many people cannot see through this, so they are just watching the fun. But they don't know that they have become the fun in the eyes of others."
He shook off the ashes from his cigarette and chuckled, "You are looking at the scenery on the top of the city, and the people looking at the scenery are looking at you from below the city..."
Straight House.
"Motosuke!"
Shen Jun came in.
"How?" Zhao Wenhua asked anxiously.
"Jiang Qingzhi rushed to the Ministry of Revenue and used the bait of a promotion every two years and priority for promotion for outstanding officials to make the officials defect. At this moment, the officials in the Ministry of Revenue were very excited, but they were fighting for the quota to check the land."
(End of this chapter)
