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Chapter 105 Zhang Juzheng’s method of passing the exam! Ye Xuan: Everyone roll up together!

In the imperial study room.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked puzzled.

"Take the exam?"

"Assessment official?"

"Explain to us what this examination method means?"

Ye Xuan began to explain to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"The 'Kaozhengfa' is a system for official evaluation."

“Officials can be allowed to set deadlines for the things they have to do and record them in account books.

"Other departments will evaluate officials based on their account books."

"Those who complete tasks on time will be rewarded."

“Those who do not complete tasks on time will be punished.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

In the past, they were evaluated by the Ministry of Personnel.

Now this method allows officials to set a deadline for what they have to do and record it in the account books, and then other departments will conduct assessments based on the account books. This method makes the assessment of officials more clear.

"good."

"This 'test method' is good."

"If those people want to be lazy after "April 27", we can clearly see it at a glance based on the account books."

"but."

"Those ministers should have fulfilled their responsibilities and tasks. Why should we reward them?"

A+$7:...

As expected, he is indeed Zhou Bapi.

You are the emperor.

It's whatever you say it is.

Ye Xuan did not refute.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Ye Xuan and said nothing, he asked with his eyes moving:

"How to do this test method specifically?"

"Let's ask those officials to write down what they need to do, set a deadline, and record it in the account books. Which departments should conduct the assessment?"

"Tell us."

He looked at Ye Xuan expectantly.

"The Yushitai and the Sixth Ministry can set deadlines for the matters that their officials have to do, and register them in Japanese account books respectively."

"The Yushitai and the Sixth Department will inspect these officials monthly according to the contents of the account books."

Ye Xuan elaborated.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate has not yet appeared.

The Ming Dynasty still followed the Yuan Dynasty system and set up the Yushitai.

Originally, Zhang Juzheng's examination method was to use the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Ministries to assess this group of officials, but Ye Xuan changed it to using the Yushitai and the Six Ministries to assess suitable officials.

"Three ledgers."

"One of them was signed by Liubu and Yushitai.

"One copy will be sent to Section 6."

"One copy is presented to the left and right prime ministers for them to jointly manage."

"The Sixth Ministry and the Yushitai will conduct inspections on a monthly basis. Every time an official completes something, he or she will register one and must report it truthfully."

"Otherwise, it will be considered a crime and punished."

“The Sixth Section can also require the Sixth Department to report the implementation status every six months.”

"The left and right ministers can also verify the inspection work of the six departments."

This method formed a system in which the left and right prime ministers command the supervisory agencies, the supervisory agencies supervise the six ministries, and the six ministries command the civil and military officials as well as local officials, forming a complete official evaluation mechanism.

This assessment mechanism is wonderful.

Use the Six Sections to monitor the Six Departments.

Lower-ranking officials supervise senior officials.

Even impeaching high-ranking officials.

This prevents high-ranking officials from abusing their power for personal gain and corruption, while lower-ranking officials are afraid to impeach.

In the historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, there are many examples of high-ranking officials being impeached and dismissed from office.

This is something that other dynasties did not have.

For example, the notorious Prime Minister Yan Song was impeached and promoted to office by his low-ranking censor Zou Ying Long.

In addition, Zhang Juzheng's examination method can also improve the officialdom atmosphere of being conservative and appeasing.

After all, officials set deadlines for things to be accomplished and record them in their books.

Officials must complete tasks within a limited time limit.

So they can't be as lazy as they used to be.

Otherwise, they may not be able to complete the task when the deadline comes.

The supervisory department took the account books and came to check.

Find out you didn't complete the task.

In this way, you are in trouble.

Therefore, this prevents officials from being lazy and takes advantage of the situation, and also improves administrative efficiency.

Of course, this is also because officials need to record in their books what they expect to accomplish in the future.

This group of officials did not dare to fool their superiors as before.

In case someone from above comes to check with the account books.

I found that what you wrote about what you expected to accomplish in the future was completely false.

That's it.

The time required to complete the task should not be too long.

The time is too long.

The people above felt something was wrong.

Such a simple thing.

It takes you so long.

The supervisory department took a look and thought:

This person's ability to do things is not good.

Your performance and ratings will also be reduced.

Presented to the top.

If the emperor sees that you are not capable of doing things well, he might just remove you from the position.

At the same time, the law can also prevent corruption.

After all, lower-ranking officials can impeach higher-ranking officials.

If a low-ranking official detects corruption by a high-ranking official.

Backhand a report.

Officials of high rank need to be cooled down.

In summary, Ye Xuan proposed Zhang Juzheng's examination method because he wanted all the officials in the court to be involved.

Work hard.

Then, in the account books, their achievements will be high.

Performance is high.

In the past, there was no established method for recording work content in account books.

Now there is.

Everyone can see the work others have done.

The time spent on the work done.

Compare each other.

You can know the level.

For example, a certain official works particularly hard and gets a special roll.

I accomplished several big things in one month.

Other officials took a look.

Good guy.

no.

If I don't roll it up.

Doesn't it seem like I'm lazy and my personal work ability is not as good as the other person's?

Must get a roll.

Those officials who were ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the political performance evaluation system did not dare to fish anymore.

After all, the results of the assessment are in the account books.

If you are fishing.

It will be at the bottom.

The political performance is too ugly.

They also have to be rolled up together.

Another advantage of this is that everyone does practical things and those officials do not dare to continue fishing.

Historically, Zhang Juzheng used this method to achieve a rapid increase in the Ming Dynasty's finances at that time.

Because of the examination law at that time, previous verification and surveying of land and recovery of taxes owed were included in the performance evaluation of officials.

As a result, most of the officials were rushed to the fields to carefully examine, measure the land, and collect taxes.

Wanli eight years.

The Ming Dynasty began to clear land.

Redraw the fish scale diagram as a basis for taxation.

According to statistics.

The land of Ming Dynasty in the eighth year of Wanli increased by more than 50% compared to the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.

This kind of hidden tax abuse that no one dared to touch or transfer for a long time was directly solved after it was listed in the performance appraisal book of the Kao Cheng Law.

The original law was that the cabinet managed 1.5 supervisory agencies, the supervisory agencies managed six ministries, and the six ministries managed the court officials and various local officials.

Because there was no cabinet during Zhu Yuanzhang's time.

So Ye Xuan asked the left prime minister and the right prime minister to examine together.

replaced the role of the cabinet.

It also avoids the concentration of power in one person.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered.

"Xi..."

Ye Xuan looked serious.

He offered advice to Zhu Yuanzhang, ostensibly for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and for the good of Zhu Yuanzhang, but in fact he was a

Mud horse!

If you want to roll it, let’s roll it together.

I can't fish, and you little bastards can't even think about fishing.

Who asked Zhu Yuanzhang to put his sheep aside and use it hard?

If that's the case, let's all roll up together!

Anyway, Ye Xuan is an official of the Ministry of Rites. After the imperial examination, the Ministry of Rites does not have much to do.