But this was fine, at least Fang Zhenghua wouldn't mess things up by blindly interpreting things. Just make it clear, at least he knew exactly what to do.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I understand." Fang Zhenghua quickly agreed.
First, through open selection, this means that the Imperial Household Department’s method of selecting officials is actually another disguised form of imperial examination. Those who are unsuccessful in officialdom can take the Imperial Household Department exam.
Once they entered the Imperial Household Department, they were in opposition to the officials in the officialdom. Officials who came from the formal imperial examination system would definitely look down on them, and they would definitely fight back.
The most crucial point is that Zhang Guoji would offend a large number of civil servants by doing this.
For the civil servants, the Imperial Household Department was a piece of cake in their pocket, and they wanted to swallow it up at any time. The easiest way was to transfer officials from other government offices to supplement the Imperial Household Department.
There are many officials from the six ministries who want to go to the Imperial Household Department. In this case, if open recruitment is chosen, what will happen to these civil servants?
Many bigwigs want to get their hands on the Imperial Household Department, or arrange for their own people to enter the Imperial Household Department. If it is really an open selection, what will these bigwigs do in such a situation?
Zhang Guoji will definitely not be able to hide it and will probably be impeached soon.
Of course, this is not the first big pit. Doing this will definitely offend people, so what Zhang Guoji is doing now is considered to be in line with the rules.
The second major pitfall was the bribes Zhang Guoji accepted. Accepting bribes meant assigning people, but Fang Zhenghua was in charge of who was assigned to the Imperial Household Department, and more importantly, Emperor Zhu Youxiao had the final say.
The people Zhu Youxiao selected himself naturally couldn't be the ones Zhang Guoji accepted bribes from. In other words, Zhang Guoji would offend some more people. These people gave Zhang Guoji money, but he didn't get things done for them. Would they be angry with him?
It's just that Zhang Guoji's identity is special. He is the queen's father, so it is estimated that no one will report him, but his reputation will definitely be ruined.
After these two blows, Zhang Guoji was half-crippled. It was basically impossible for him to make a good living in the Imperial Household Department in the future.
In other words, once the entire structure of the Imperial Household Department is established, his father-in-law will have to step down.
Having offended so many people, Zhang Guoji would not be able to do anything in the Imperial Household Department. Of course, this was also Zhu Youxiao's original plan.
That's why Zhu Youxiao told Fang Zhenghua that even if no one went to his father-in-law to talk about the selection and recruitment method, he would arrange for someone else to talk about it.
"Okay, go back and do your job well!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.
"I'm leaving." Fang Zhenghua agreed, then bowed and retreated.
After Fang Zhenghua left, Zhu Youxiao sighed softly.
Things are finally getting on track. Now I don't need to do anything anymore. I just need to watch and wait calmly.
After Zhang Guoji and Fang Zhenghua returned to the Imperial Household Department, news immediately came out.
The Imperial Household Department will adopt a system of selection and recruitment. Anyone with a Juren or higher title can sign up for the selection. Once they pass the selection, they can go to the Imperial Household Department to take up a position.
As soon as this news came out, the entire capital was in turmoil.
Because of the Imperial Academy incident, many scholars gathered in the capital. No one expected that the Imperial Household Department would do the same, so there was a lot of discussion.
Unlike the situation among the people where there was both support and opposition, the opposition in the court was overwhelming, and no one approved of what the Imperial Household Department was doing this time.
The six censors began to submit memorials to impeach Zhang Guoji, accusing him of nepotism and accepting bribes.
This kind of thing is of course true, but Zhu Youxiao chose to ignore it.
Zhang Guoji's reputation began to decline rapidly. Many scholars said that he had changed and was now no different from those nobles.
At the same time, Zhang Guoji received more and more visits from nobles and relatives of the nobles.
At the same time, the gifts sent by nobles and relatives became more and more numerous and more and more valuable, and the Zhang Mansion became prosperous.
This led to Zhang Guoji's reputation becoming increasingly worse among scholars.
While the capital city is bustling with activity, it is still the tail end of winter in Liaodong, but it is starting to get warmer.
Since the last war, Liaodong has been stable for a long time.
The Jiannu did not send anyone to harass again, which made Xiong Tingbi feel relieved. He could now safely take care of the defense of Liaodong.
"Mr. Xiong." A voice suddenly sounded behind Xiong Tingbi.
Xiong Tingbi turned around and saw that it was Wei Chao.
Xiong Tingbi did not dare to offend this eunuch from the palace, so he quickly greeted him with a smile and said, "Greetings, Eunuch Wei."
Ever since he came to announce the decree last time, Eunuch Wei has not left, as if he is waiting for something.
Xiong Tingbi didn't dare ask. If the eunuch didn't want to leave, then he didn't have to. Liaodong wasn't afraid of him having a meal. However, Eunuch Wei hadn't been here for a while, and it seemed like he wouldn't come here for no reason.
"Master Xiong, the thing we've been waiting for is here. Why don't you come with us to take a look?" Wei Chao said with a smile, "I'm sure you'll like it."
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