The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 905 Fourth

One person occupies the three pages of poetry, legalism and engineering at the same time. His influence has exceeded that of national poetry. As for the content, most people don't care except for the legalists and engineers.

They only know that since those articles are qualified to be published in "Shengdao", they must be very important!

In the Ning'an County Government, many staff members gathered in Fang Yun's house, holding "Shengdao" or reading "Wenbao".

The articles submitted by Fang Yun to "Shengdao" have extremely high confidentiality. Before they are officially published, only Ao Huang and Yang Yuhuan in the entire Fang family can read them. Little Fox, Little Meteor, Ink Turtle and Mo Nu are also included. Others, including Su Xiaoxiao or Fang Yingwu, cannot read them.

Fang Yingwu came over with the Wen Bao and said, "Sir, you are too arrogant after all. You didn't get the first place in the March ranking of the Wen Bao Palace Examination this time."

"It doesn't matter. I always say that the last laugh is the best laugh." Fang Yun said, looking at the palace examination ranking attached to the Wen Bao.

The one with the highest palace examination ranking is neither Lei Shushan and Mo Shan, who have reached the middle grade of B in construction, nor Fang Yun, who has reached the upper grade of B in prison and construction, the upper grade of C in official administration, and the lower grade of C in literature, but Xiang Lancheng, who has not attracted many people's attention.

As the son-in-law of the Zong family, he is not well-known outside the Qing Kingdom, but he has shown strong ability during the palace examination.

Fang Yun has been in Ning'an County for nearly a month, and he can only make some achievements in the four subjects of prison, construction, official administration and literature. The other six subjects are the most basic grade D, but Xiang Lancheng has made achievements in all ten subjects!

Xiang Lancheng didn't have any subject that reached the B grade, but he had one subject that was C-A, seven subjects that were C-M, and two subjects that were C-B. According to the ranking criteria announced by the Holy Academy, he ranked first above Fang Yun.

This ranking is based on the total score of ten subjects. Unless someone can get an additional bonus by getting an A grade in one subject, the ranking can only be based on the basic rules.

The second place is not Fang Yun, but Yan Yukong. Like Xiang Lancheng, although he didn't have any subject that reached the B-B, he was in the C grade, and his total score in ten subjects exceeded Fang Yun.

The eleven people from the third to the thirteenth had the same total score in ten subjects and tied for third place. They were all elites from various countries.

Fang Yun ranked fourth.

Ao Huang complained, "You know the ranking rules, why don't you fight for the first place from the beginning?"

Fang Yun asked back, "If I don't pay attention to a few subjects and cast a wide net, what will happen to the left prime minister's party?"

Ao Huang suddenly realized that other palace examination candidates must have the cooperation of all officials in the county, so they can make ten subjects go hand in hand. If Fang Yun did the same, he would definitely be sabotaged by the officials of the left prime minister's party, because one person can never be all-encompassing.

Fang Yun added, "This kind of governance model of casting a wide net can naturally get better results at the beginning, but it is difficult to reach the top in the end. People always have to admit their shortcomings in order to understand their strengths more clearly and do what they are good at."

"Oh? Then what are your shortcomings?" Ao Huang asked.

Fang Yun thought for a while and said, "It's too late to get the first place."

Ao Huang and the staff nearby rolled their eyes together, and the little fox was amused and laughed.

"Arrogant guy! But... it's also true." Ao Huang was discouraged that he couldn't refute Fang Yun's words.

Fang Yun said: "Stop joking. I will thoroughly reform all textile agencies and release labor. I will then select a workshop as a pilot and slowly implement performance appraisal. Two months later, it will be promoted in all workshops. If nothing unexpected happens, the construction will definitely be of Grade A!"

"Of course!" Ao Huang said.

"As for the criminal justice, it is too complicated. As long as you are not careful in handling major cases, your rating may be greatly reduced. It is very different from the construction department. You need to pay attention to it from the beginning to the end and never slack off."

Ao Huang said: "You are now meeting with the workshop owners and convicting them. In addition to improving the rating of the criminal justice, it can also be regarded as an achievement in official administration, killing two birds with one stone. However, now that those workshop owners have been dealt with, it will be difficult to improve official administration in the future."

Fang Yun smiled and said: "The workshop owners have been dealt with? Who said that?"

"Ah? Haven't the workshop owners of the county and the royal workshops been dealt with? Are you going to deal with them further? That will be a big deal!" Ao Huang said.

The staff around were also very curious. Some workshop owners were severely punished and dismissed by Fang Yun, while others remained in office. If they were to be dealt with again, they could only target the workshop owners who remained in office, which would be very unfavorable to the situation in Ning'an County.

Fang Yun said: "No, I want to deal with those workshop owners who had workshops in the county before."

"Ah? I think I understand. You mean those who were workshop owners before but later made mistakes and were driven away? Do you want to punish them severely?" Ao Huang suddenly realized.

Fang Yun said: "No. I am targeting those workshop owners who lost all their workshops while in office but were able to acquire workshops in the end."

The expressions of the staff present changed slightly, and Fang Yingwu immediately said: "Sir, can you go to the study to discuss in detail?"

Fang Yun nodded and said: "Although I know what you are going to say, I have to listen to it."

Fang Yun and Fang Yingwu went to the study. Ao Huang's eyes turned and he hurriedly followed him in, then used dragon power to isolate the inside and outside.

Fang Yun glanced at Ao Huang, who immediately smiled and said, "I'll keep watch for you!"

Ao Huang turned around and faced his back to Fang Yun.

Fang Yun smiled, asked Fang Yingwu to sit down, and said, "Yingwu, go ahead."

Fang Yingwu thought for a moment, organized his words, and then said: "If you punish those abbreviations, it will be equivalent to fighting with the left prime minister. Under the current circumstances, this is not a good choice. After all, the surname of Mizhou is no longer Zhao, but Liu."

Ao Huang was puzzled and listened attentively.

Fang Yingwu continued, "Back then, a large number of workshops in Mizhou were poorly managed and faced closure. The left prime minister... Liu Shan was not the left prime minister at that time, but the governor of Mizhou. He did a series of things that were considered out of line by everyone. First, he issued a report saying that there were four main reasons why many workshops in Mizhou were poorly managed. The first reason was that the workshop management system was backward and could not adapt to the development of the human race. The second reason was that the machinery technology was backward and better machinery needed to be introduced. The third reason was that the workshop owner and officials were corrupt. The last reason was that the workers were lax and incompetent."

Ao Huang asked curiously, "Workers are lax and incompetent? As long as the workshop owner manages well, who dares to be lax? The workshop owner wants them to work, do they dare to object? It is obvious that the workshop owner has no intention of management at all, how can the workers be the main reason?"

Fang Yun scolded, "Listen more and talk less. Wait until Yingwu finishes speaking before you make a conclusion."

"Oh." Ao Huang said reluctantly.

Fang Yingwu continued, "So, Liu Shan, the governor at the time, made a bold decision to sell some of the workshops and allowed the owners to attract money from other businesses to buy them out. However, before announcing this, Liu Shan repeatedly promoted the above reasons in Mizhou. As a result, the people of Mizhou felt that the workers in those workshops were not good people, and the owners were not good people either. Those workshops were worthless and were a burden to Mizhou. If those workshops were gone, the people of Mizhou would live a better life."