The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2455 Fang Yun’s eating habits

There are mostly clean people in the Overwatch Council, and there are often tough-minded people. The current Censor of the Head Court was the vanguard of the resistance against Liushan back then, so he was promoted from the Censor of Zuodu to the Censor of the Head Court.

Almost all of the censors present had defended Fang Yun in the court and fought against Liu Shan.

They never thought that Fang Yun might become the next Liushan.

In addition to the independent Qingliu censor, there are also many censors in various parties, representing the will of each force.

In fact, those Qingliu censors have not disliked Fang Yun until now, because Fang Yun has been the left prime minister for more than half a month, and he also served as the governor of Liangjiang before, but he has never assigned anyone to the Supervisory Yuan.

Unlike the imperial family and Yang Xuwen, they immediately arranged for their own people to serve as censors to the Overwatch Council as soon as they took power. Although the other censors did not rebound, they did not like their "eating appearance".

In the eyes of many censors, no matter what, Fang Yun's appearance is not ugly at least.

This is one of the reasons why several upright censors did not criticize Fang Yun in the court today.

Therefore, as long as Fang Yun does not forcibly interfere with the Supervisory Council and does not commit major crimes, most censors will never hate Fang Yun. As for Fang Yun wanting to seize power, having more power for a generation of virtual saints will not destroy Jingguo. Furthermore, Fang Yun's contribution was so great that it could make up for any of his mistakes.

The censors had mixed reactions to Fang Yun's decree.

The new Zuodu Yushi, who firmly supported the imperial family, had the most violent reaction.

"I believe that Fang Yun and his cabinet suppressed our Supervisory Yuan, violating the rules of the country for many years. As the left prime minister, he should not interfere with the operation of the Supervisory Yuan. What's more, he actually included one daily ritual for supervision in the evaluation. This is This means that although he does not directly control the Supervisory Yuan, he uses his control over the Ministry of Civil Affairs to indirectly control the Supervisory Yuan, almost threatening us, and we have to guard against this."

"Yes, the Supervisory Yuan is the Supervisory Yuan of Jingguo, not the Supervisory Yuan of someone else. Since the Queen Mother is in trouble with the monarch, our Supervisory Yuan should start a fight before the imperial edict is issued!"

Some censors nodded. The reason why the Ministry of Personnel is the head of each ministry is because it controls the evaluation of officials and affects the appointment of officials. The cabinet and the monarch basically decide whether to promote or demote officials through evaluation.

Soon, there were objections.

"Excuse me, colleagues, even if Fang Xusheng did not include the supervision of one ritual per day in the evaluation, can't the Ministry of Personnel influence our evaluation based on this matter? Obviously, they can. The reason why Fang Xusheng said this is not because of ruthlessness. Instead, tell us openly and honestly, and in an upright manner, to take the daily inspection seriously."

"That's right. What's more, the president also said that it is our duty to supervise the words and deeds of officials. Prime Minister Fang did not threaten me. He just asked me to focus on supervising whether officials respect ethics and ethics in the next time. This has What's the problem? I think this is Prime Minister Fang strengthening the power of our Supervisory Yuan."

"Speaking of the powers of the Supervisory Yuan, have you noticed a detail? Since Prime Minister Fang became the Left Prime Minister, all officials who participated in the Supervisory Yuan, even if they have very minor charges, will be re-evaluated by the Merit Examination Department of the Ministry of Rites, and will become the key observation of the Ministry of Personnel person. I have inquired and found out that when Fang Yun inspected the Merit Examination Department, he once made it clear that the opinions and suggestions of the Oversight Yuan should be respected. The participation of the Oversight Yuan should be the most important factor, even if it is not the most important factor in evaluating an official. one."

"I've heard this before, and it's indeed true."

"Liu Shan frequently instigated his followers to disrupt the Supervisory Yuan and influenced the imperial censor to participate in the performance. In contrast, Fang Xusheng's appointment as left prime minister is a huge improvement for the supervisory independence of our Supervisory Yuan."

"After listening to what you said, I thought about it carefully. At least so far, Prime Minister Fang has really not done anything beyond his authority. He is only responsible for the affairs he is in charge of. As for this time of self-denial and restoration of etiquette, he also informed the officials in advance, and as a member of the public As the chief official, as a disciple of Confucianism, his promotion of ethics is legitimate and does not exceed his authority."

"I don't know much about this matter, but I know one thing. Firstly, Fang Xusheng did not usurp the power of the Supervisory Yuan. Secondly, he asked the supervisor for his intention before issuing an order. The joint cabinet will only issue the order with the consent of the monarch. Unlike That Liu thief often orders us as the Prime Minister, which is extremely abominable."

All the officials spoke one after another, and the arguments became clearer and clearer. All the censors realized that no matter what Fang's luck was, at least for the Overwatch Council, he was a very good candidate for left prime minister. If the Overwatch Council were to oppose Fang Yun, it would be like shooting itself in the foot.

Soon, the censor He Mingxiang made a decision to support the cabinet resolution.

He did not say that he supported Fang Yun, which also gave the censor who opposed Fang Yun some comfort and stopped fighting.

On the second day, before all the officials left office at five o'clock in the afternoon, the eunuchs of the palace sent two edicts stamped with jade seals to the Zuoxiang Pavilion.

Another day later, Fang Yun issued two edicts on behalf of the cabinet.

Later, Fang Yun announced that in view of the fact that Jingguo had experienced a great war and needed to recuperate, and was facing a possible invasion from the demon world, all officials must be frugal in order to prepare for future wars.

Therefore, today's ritual will be implemented in accordance with the "Book of Rites * Shao Yi". From today on, Jingguo officials are not allowed to purchase and use overly exquisite tableware, and the average value of each set of dishes and chopsticks must not exceed five hundred silver. At the same time, it is explained that only the officials of the current court abide by this etiquette. Scholars or wealthy people without official status do not need to care.

If too expensive tableware is used, it should either be put away for storage or handed over to the court for unified sale, with the proceeds going to the state treasury.

In Jingguo, even if the porcelain and wooden chopsticks are more exquisite, they are only worth about 200 coins, thanks to the development of craftsmanship. Pottery is even cheaper.

When officials learned about this daily gift, they were relieved. Many officials not only did not oppose it, but supported it.

In fact, some officials did not want to buy too expensive tableware, but the officialdom was full of competition. If officials of the same rank bought it, their family and colleagues would definitely mention it if they did not buy it. Now it's good, and they can save a lot of money.

Those non-officials also praised Fang Yun for his wisdom, because Fang Yun only banned officials and did not affect other people. Otherwise, it would be equivalent to hitting the porcelain industry, affecting the income of workshops and workers, and the final gains and losses would be difficult to measure.

As for handing over the tableware to the court, many officials resisted at first, but after careful consideration, many officials asked their servants to sort out the expensive bowls and plates and other tableware that night and prepare to hand them over to the court tomorrow.

Only fools would not do such a good thing to earn a good reputation.

Therefore, the next day, a long queue formed in front of the Ministry of Personnel, which was responsible for receiving porcelain. There were also some relatives of officials who opposed Fang Yun handing in precious porcelain.

On the discussion list, Fang Yun's first courtesy was also praised unanimously. Restricting officials without hurting the people was a true virtue and a true etiquette. Such officials would surely win the hearts of the people.

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