The emperor, will the only profession in the world be so easy to do?

The many problems Guo Peng is facing now and the difficult steps in reform are the best portrayal of this profession.

It's too difficult for me.

Mr. Guo wanted to say this from the bottom of his heart.

But the path I chose and the throne I took, I cried and continued to work until I died.

Guo Jin only needs to worry about what is happening in his small circle.

But Guo Peng had to worry about what happened in a great empire.

For example, for a land issue, Guo Peng should not only consider how to develop when there are fewer people at present, but also consider how to maintain it in the future when the population surges in the future.

Of course, when the population surges in the future and the densely populated areas of the Central Plains are not enough, the Wei Empire will not be helpless.

Finding ways to increase grain production is one way.

It is also a way to increase the number of side foods such as meat, eggs, milk, and soy to reduce food consumption.

Of course, the most important way is to migrate the excess population to the south of the Yangtze River.

Migrating the population in the Central Plains to the south of the Yangtze River can not only alleviate the pressure caused by the surge in the Central Plains, but also accelerate the development of the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan's population carrying capacity is still greatly underestimated.

As long as the development can be carried out properly and the court is willing to invest, the entire Jiangnan can carry no less population than the Central Plains.

Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou are both strong lands that carry populations, and even the Liaodong region in the future may not be able to stand alone and carry a considerable number of population.

What these places lack is development.

It is not enough to rely on the army to burn all the way.

As long as there is no human development, and no pollution or environmental changes brought by industry, after being burned by the fire, the local ecology can recover itself in just a few years, and the recovery is quite good, almost as if no one has ever been there.

Only when humans move in can the local ecological environment be changed, either destruction or coexist, and only humans who have mastered production technology can bring about change.

Cut down trees, reclaim wasteland, and turn these places covered with plants, weeds and various wild animals into pieces of cultivated land, produce enough food, and settle in the local area, permanently domesticate and utilize the land.

Then give birth to children, increase the population, and create civilization and customs.

However, this kind of thing is not achieved overnight. The development of wasteland requires time and cost investment.

The development of wasteland organized by the imperial court has been steadily carried out in Jiangnan, and organized immigration operations are also being carried out, but there will be no big results in the short term.

Besides, the population of the entire Wei Empire is only more than 60 million. You can consider future matters, but there is no need to force action too early.

You have to eat rice one by one, and you have to drink wine one by one. The steps are too big, and it is easy to pull the eggs.

So Mr. Guo really needs to wait for his people.

It is impossible for him to walk forward alone. Only when his people move forward can the country really move forward.

Otherwise, no matter how hard he works alone, he will not be able to drag such a huge empire.

Now he has gone far enough to stop and wait.

Therefore, during the period of large-scale development and when various major projects were launched one after another and not yet completed, Mr. Guo decided to stop and slow down and not carry out so many reforms for the time being.

Reform will not be carried out for the time being, but the country cannot stop it. If the new ones cannot be handled, then the old ones will be brought into play.

Foreign wars and anti-corruption actions are old methods, but they are good ways to ensure that the country will not continue to be corrupt.

Without the means to eliminate officials openly, anti-corruption actions are used as such means, killing old ones and replacing them with new ones can also deter a group of people.

We must always let those officials have something to do, and we cannot let them have nothing to do. If they have nothing to do, the people will suffer.

As a responsible emperor and a real king, Guo needs to make more considerations for the common people of the empire.

So he will continue to torture.

Anti-corruption on one hand, preparing for war on the other, eliminating rice insects on the other hand, and eliminating troubles on the other hand.

The anti-corruption campaign was officially ended at the end of March of the fifth year of Yande, and it ended very decisively without leaving any tail.

After killing a large number of officials, Guo Peng ordered the Ministry of Personnel to select and dispatch new officials to take office as soon as possible. So the Ministry of Personnel began to become busy, and the Ministry of Rites also began to become busy.

For the future and future of the family, even people like Xu Jing began to become popular, and countless people wanted to contact him openly and secretly.

Even if Xu Jing is like this, let alone Zhang Zhao, who is innocent.

There is no need to say much about Xuzhou people, from Jingzhou, from Yangzhou, from Yizhou, from Yuzhou, from Yongzhou...

Anyway, at least people who do not belong to the Qing, Yan and Ji prefectures are trying every means to get close to Zhang Zhaola.

Who made Zhang Zhao really have so many official positions to choose from?

Not only are there local positions, but also some central positions. Although the positions are not high and the power is not very high, that is also an official position in Luoyang, isn’t it?

Official positions in Luoyang are always the first choice for officials. Even if you can become an official in Luoyang, even if you are just a running errand, it is better than being an official in the local area.

All local officials in Dawei are looking forward to becoming officials in Luoyang.

Zhang Zhao was so upset that he just closed the door and thanked the guests, ignored anyone, and then asked for a little inquiries and knew that Xu Jing had made the same choice.

Despite this, these guys who annoyed Zhang Zhaohe like flies still surround them and did not miss any opportunity.

Guo Peng also learned about this news. He watched such a big drama directed by him with interest, and was happy to see the various aspects of the world.

Of course he wouldn't feel that all the talents in the world were in his pocket.

Choosing among a limited group of people cannot select any outstanding talents.

This kind of observation is more like a game. Even if Guo Peng is restricted by many conditions, it is still a high-end game and nothing fun.

Those involved were related to the kinship, and eight out of ten people were related to each other.

What else to do?

Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao are both wise people. When faced with such a thing, they first closed their doors to thank the guests, then stayed at home for a few days, and then took a list to find Guo Peng.

These are all alternative lists of important positions, including central officials, county magistrates and some county magistrates with large populations.

What remains is a list of alternatives for assisting officials in some more important prefectures and counties, and they also have more important powers.

They asked Guo Peng whether this was appropriate and whether that was appropriate.

This behavior made Guo Peng realize that they were useful.

This opportunity is also a good opportunity to expand the power of third parties in the DPRK, so Guo Peng expressed his understanding of their behavior of appointing more people from the Qing, Yan and Ji prefectures as officials.

"You should select more people who are truly talented and moral to serve these important positions, so that they can remember the consequences of those who were inmates before, and do not lose their integrity because of some small profits."

The end of losing [integrity] is losing your life. Guo Peng feels that they will definitely not misunderstand this.

Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao never acted arbitrarily in accordance with Guo Peng's expectations.

This is different from Cheng Yu and Cui Yan at the time.

In Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao's view, any matters involving official selection, except for some grassroots village chiefs and township chiefs, the list of bureaucrats at the three levels of prefectures, counties and counties will be reported to Guo Peng.

They will make a list report, and they will choose who they choose, who they don’t choose, who they choose, who they choose, who they choose, who they are, and their origins, etc., will be marked in full for Guo Peng to see.

Guo Peng is satisfied with their work attitude.

They need to realize their situation and what they should do the most. The only reason they take over this power is the emperor's need.

They don’t need to be responsible to the Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe, they just need to be responsible to the emperor.

That's right, now the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites no longer ask for instructions from the Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe.

Originally, the work of the eight departments of the Shangshutai must be summarized to Shangshuling, and the Shangshuling will make preliminary decisions and then report them to the emperor.

However, after the previous political turmoil, the control of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites had actually been transferred from Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe to the emperor.

The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites have begun to be directly responsible to the emperor in fact and report their work directly to the emperor. They have basically fulfilled their obligations to the Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe, and are more like the emperor's direct department cabinet.

But Cheng Yu and Tian Feng had no choice but to do this.

They dare not let the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Rites come to their place to report their work instead of going to the emperor to report their work.

Originally, Cheng Yu was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, and Tian Feng controlled the Ministry of Rites through Cui Yan. Both sides were equally matched, fighting back and forth, controlling the overall situation of the government, but now these two ministries have been out of their control.

They both lost their crucial power, could not continue to hold such crucial power, nor could they interfere in the people and personnel of the court.

Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao surrendered to the emperor directly with the power in their hands, reported to the emperor directly in everything, and bypassed the Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe, as if they did not exist at all.

The vital Ministry of Personnel and Rites in the eight ministries of the Shangshutai have been directly controlled by the emperor, which means that the emperor no longer has the previous trust in Cheng Yu and Tian Feng.

Through Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao, the emperor controlled the power of the court's personnel, firmly controlled everyone's lifeline, and grasped the direction of the court.

Xu Jing and Zhang Zhao are also people with no integrity.

If he did not follow the rules of the court, he actually bypassed his immediate boss and directly reported his daily work to the boss. For the immediate boss, he had already reported his work and did not take his immediate boss seriously at all. What is this?

It feels like Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe have no jurisdiction over these two ministries at all.

Faced with such disrespect for Shangguan and contempt for Shangguan, although there were many private discussions within the Shangshutai, no one dared to publicly condemn Zhang Zhao and Xu Jing.

On the contrary, there are still many people trying to connect with Zhang Zhao and Xu Jing and further connect with the emperor.

For this phenomenon, most people think this is a temporary punishment.

Because the emperor was dissatisfied with Cheng Yu and Tian Feng's previous troubles, over time, the control of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites would still be returned to the Shangshutai, and it would not change the current court system.

Some people also believe that Your Majesty has a strong desire for power today, and may always hold on to matters such as personnel power and will not be easily handed over to others. Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe may lose the possibility of controlling human rights forever.

Only a very small number of people think that the current wind direction is not right.

The emperor was more likely to be dissatisfied with the existence of Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Pushe. He thought not to control the personnel power alone, but to control the entire eight departments of Shangshutai.
Chapter completed!