"Follow the veterans or go on your own journey."

"He will be reincarnated as a cow one day,"

"A ray of sunshine accompanies my plowing!"

Seeing this, everyone was very ashamed. Wang Anshi's words seemed to say that you were blocking me.

They immediately removed the umbrella for Wang Anshi. Pu Zongmeng thought to himself, "The prime minister actually compares himself to an old cow and will only covet this ray of sunshine in the next life. I am really ashamed of myself for being so broad-minded."

…

While Zhang Yue, who was in Zhongshu Province, was dealing with government affairs, he read the improved version of the calligraphy presented by Cai Bian to Wang Anshi, and looked speechless after reading it.

In his opinion, it would be good if Lao Wang wrote a book about the characters, Shuowen Jiezi, but he had to put a bunch of 'principles' into it, and mixed in a lot of Buddhist and Lao thoughts to confirm his statement.

This is not good.

He immediately ordered someone to send some turtle shells with strange characters written on them to Cai Bian and asked him to send them to Wang Anshi. Maybe Wang Anshi would not study the characters tirelessly.

This incident also taught Zhang Yue a truth: you are in the wrong direction, and the harder you work, the bigger your mistakes will be.

So why does the Book of Doctrine refer to the category of the Four Books?

What exactly is ‘middle’?

Choice is more important than hard work. If you choose the wrong direction, everything will be in vain.

The more Zhang thought of this and looked at the increasing number of official documents on his desk, he became more and more confused.

Wang Anshi's calligraphy is quite beautiful, citing scriptures and classics, and citing side affairs, which made me fish for a long time without realizing it.

So much official documents piled up like mountains.

However, he also understands that as an official, no one wants to be lazy and take advantage of the situation. This is human nature. He, Zhang Yue, is also a master of taking advantage of the situation. He does not want to push people too hard when doing this method.

But he couldn't explain it.

Wang Anshi and Xining's reform focused on financial management, while his Yuanfeng reform focused on improving efficiency. Although the merger of yamen eliminated the shortcomings of multiple branches of government, it prevented the officials below from passing the buck.

But after the restructuring, government efficiency has not improved.

The officials below were either lazy, greedy, or mediocre, and the imperial decrees could not be implemented at the lower levels. Zhang Yue had no way to explain it, so his Yuanfeng restructuring became a failure.

In order to reduce the time and effort involved in getting stuck, we must use the examination method to promote it.

Clean up the atmosphere in the officialdom and make officials focus on performance.

Therefore, there is often a saying in TV dramas: Can you bear the responsibility for delaying Mr. So-and-so?

The officials below were obedient as soon as they heard it. When officials did something, they had to kowtow all the way, let alone the common people.

Therefore, the examination method must be implemented.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty's examination method took Qiangu as a consideration, while Zhang Yue's was based on responsibility.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue had almost finished dealing with Zhongshu, when Han Zhongyan came in to see him.

Zhang Yue said: "From now on, we will use the Zhongshu official system to define the department in detail and agree on the specific regulations for the examination. You will take over this power and become an official in the world!"

Han Zhongyan was pleased that this was a matter of great power, and then asked: "What should we do if we are officials who do not do well in the examination?"

Zhang Yue said: "Everything must be abolished!"

Han Zhongyan laughed loudly and said: "Come on, come on, it's such a refreshing thing."

Zhang Yue said slowly: "However, the rules should not be too strict in the first year. We should give the officials below a chance to breathe and adapt, and then we can gradually implement them step by step."

Han Zhongyan asked: "Will the officials who were abolished be replaced from Imperial College?"
Chapter completed!