The three of them looked at each other and were speechless for a long time.
In the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion, other than those who were in charge of miscellaneous matters, the lowest ranking person was the Secretary of State. Above him was the Secretary of State. Their positions were the same, but their ranks were slightly different and their power was different.
In theory, the position of the Secretary of State was higher than that of the Secretary of State. However, some of the Secretary of State were only in charge of transcribing documents and imperial edicts. They did not have much power and were not as powerful as the Secretary of State who was in charge of specific matters.
Moreover, the Cabinet was the core of Jingguo and the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion was the core of the core.
After Mount Liu's fall, more than half of the members were replaced. The imperial court did not replace everyone because they were afraid that the new members would not be able to operate the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion normally.
At this time, recommending anyone could offend the other people and the forces behind them.
The key was that the position of the Secretary of State was not ordinary.
The new Prime Minister was worried that he would not be able to control the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion, so he decided to use his own method to straighten out the operations of the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion and let it operate in a way that he could accept.
The three of them were silent for a long time.
Fang Yundao said, "This matter should not be rushed. Let's plan slowly. However, the two of them can temporarily take on the position of the Secretary of State. Then, I will appoint Xu Changgeng and Li Zhixiao as the temporary Secretary of State. One of them will be in charge of communicating with the members of the Cabinet and the other will be in charge of the affairs of the Cabinet. Xu Changgeng, you will be busier than usual in the next few days. Is there any inconvenience? "
Xu Changgeng immediately took a step forward, straightened his chest, and replied in a slightly louder voice, "This student will not disappoint Sir."
Fang Yun snorted and looked at Xu Changgeng with an extremely cold gaze.
Xu Changgeng lowered his head slightly and held his sleeve tightly with his right hand to prevent others from seeing the fear in his heart.
Dong Yueqian did not understand. Li Zhixiao racked his brains and figured out the reason for it.
It turned out that Xu Changgeng was good at reading people's minds. Previously, when Fang Yun said that he liked to use the time in the military, he thought about how Fang Yun had led troops into battle many times and determined that Fang Yun liked the style of the military. Therefore, he abandoned the normal etiquette and learned the military's straightforward way of responding in order to win Fang Yun's favor.
Unexpectedly, Fang Yun actually saw through Xu Changgeng's intention at a glance. He didn't like Xu Changgeng using his mind on this.
After figuring out the crux of the matter, Li Zhixiao was half happy and half worried. He was worried because Fang Yun was clearly not old. He was ten or twenty years younger than these cabinet officials, but his eyes were so sharp. It was obvious that these bureaucratic actions could not be hidden from him. If he wanted to play these tricks in the future, it was very likely that he would see through it and then be heavily punished.
In the local government, it was a competition between officials. In the Six Ministries of the Imperial Cabinet, there was naturally friction between small officials and high officials.
It was normal for bureaucrats to deceive their superiors and subordinates, and it would never disappear.
Li Zhixiao was happy that he realized Fang Yun's uniqueness one step ahead of time. In the future, he would never use the old bureaucratic methods to deal with Fang Yun. At the same time, he found that Fang Yun was obviously different from other officials. Although Mount Liu was talented, he was better at using light and dust. However, this person was obviously not another Mount Liu. In the future, he would immediately change his way of doing things.
However, after a few breaths, Li Zhixiao suddenly realized that Fang Yun was not willing to use light and dust, but he would use other methods.
For example, the reward of the Sacred Incense of Wisdom was the most common but also the most effective method, buying horse bones with thousand gold. Fang Yun could actually give such a treasure to three people he had just met for less than two days. If people with higher literary status and ability came to rely on him, would they lack divine objects?
This was just an ordinary method of using people. Fang Yun directly promoted two people. On the surface, it was a helpless move. It was too hasty, and it was only a temporary replacement. However, this action made the rest of the people of the Left Minister's Pavilion focus their attention on these two people. In particular, their complaints and dissatisfaction would all be vented on these two people, and not on Fang Yun.
If these two people could withstand the enormous pressure and do everything well, it was equal to training them into talents. Fang Yun would naturally put them in an important position. If they were suppressed by others and everything was not going well, Fang Yun would change the cabinet secretary candidate. Everyone would only think that Fang Yun was wise, and would not ask Fang Yun why he was so stupid to choose these two people.
Li Zhixiao sighed in his heart. Only now did he realize that in the position of Left Minister, Fang Yun and Mount Liu were not fundamentally different. They both used their subordinates as chess pieces. However, Fang Yun was better than Mount Liu in one aspect, and that was generosity.
Li Zhixiao was incomparably disgusted by the feeling of being manipulated. In the past, he even wanted to resign, but in the end, he endured it. In his heart, he always had some resentment towards Mount Liu. But now, he had no resentment towards Fang Yun. After taking the position of Cabinet Secretary, even if he failed, it would only be a waste of a few years. At worst, he would go to another office. However, compared to the harvest of the Ambergris Sacred Incense, this loss was simply negligible.
Thinking of this, Li Zhixiao suddenly understood. Compared to Fang Yun and Mount Liu, Fang Yun had always had a kind of benevolence in his heart. He was also selfish and sought benefits for himself, but he had a bottom line. He would not be like Mount Liu, who would starve the army to achieve his goal.
Li Zhixiao thought carefully and suddenly felt even more admiration for Fang Yun. Using divine objects to bribe or entice officials was a great taboo in the officialdom, second only to donating resources to the military. However, Fang Yun had actually done so. This did not seem like a shortsighted act, but more like a knowing violation, not caring about the so-called rules of the officialdom.
Fang Yun looked at Li Zhixiao and said, "You are in charge of managing the affairs, so your burden is heavier than Xu Changgeng's. Don't be anxious, first carefully analyze the plan. After you have a specific plan, write it down and give it to me so that we can discuss it together. In addition, Xu Changgeng. "
"This lowly official is here!" Xu Changgeng replied in a very formal manner.
"Convey my order to all the members of the Left Minister's Pavilion. Tomorrow, submit a personal report, and write only three aspects …"
As Fang Yun spoke, he swept his eyes over the three people.
"First, your duties. Write down in detail what you should do, what you are doing, and what you have done."
"Second, your strengths and weaknesses, what you are suitable for, what you have an unusual advantage in, what mistakes you have done, what lessons you have learned, whether you want to correct them, and give examples after correction."
"Third, think deeply about the affairs of the Left Minister's Pavilion. Each of you must write down at least three problems that the Left Minister's Pavilion currently has, and analyze the reasons, the process of formation, and discuss how to solve them. Hmm … "
"Three aspects are not enough. Fourth, what kind of understanding do you have for the cabinet, the country, the human race, and the future? What kind of expectations do you have? This does not need to be long. Hmm, still not enough. "
"Fifth, each of you must write down at least three things that I should do as the Left Minister. Don't write in the big aspects, write in the small aspects, write in the specific aspects, even if it is to let the cabinet officials delay their work and sleep more. That's all for now. "
The three people were stunned there, somewhat confused.
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