When Fang Yun returned to the study room of the Left Minister's Pavilion, the three regained their senses.
Li Zhixiao praised in a low voice, "Fang Xusheng is really a practical and pragmatic great talent. This report seems useless, but it actually has a hidden meaning."
Xu Changgeng also said in a low voice, "Yes, everything in this cabinet is actually made up of people and things like us. If we know what everyone does, then we naturally know everything about the cabinet. A report can see everything in the cabinet. However, this report is very difficult. Tonight, I'm afraid you won't have time to sleep. "
Dong Yueqian said, "Just write according to what the Prime Minister said, what's so difficult about it?"
Xu Changgeng looked at him and said, "For an honest guy like you, writing according to the truth is good. But for us, if we write according to the truth, then we're really stupid. Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. "
Li Zhixiao smiled, "The Prime Minister's ability is something we can't compare to. This report can't be ignored or thought too deeply. No matter how deep you think, can you think deeper than Fang Xusheng's wisdom?"
Dong Yueqian was a little confused and smiled, "I don't really understand, but I know a little. Congratulations on your promotion!"
Xu Changgeng said, "You don't know how lucky you are. In the future, you will know our difficulties. This personal report is unprecedented. Since we are indebted to the Prime Minister, we can't treat it lightly. I think after we leave, the three of us should discuss it in detail. I have a relative nearby, I can temporarily borrow him for two to four hours. What do you two think? "
Dong Yueqian smiled, "I'm a stupid person, I can't do without your advice."
Li Zhixiao looked at Xu Changgeng deeply and nodded, "Brother Xu, if you ask, I don't dare to refuse."
At seven o 'clock in the morning, the cabinet began to roll call. After that, all the officials went about their own business.
After a while, Xu Changgeng held a transcribed document and sent it to everyone in the Left Minister's Pavilion. He also said that Fang Yun ordered everyone to write a personal report. The document had specific requirements.
Everyone carefully pondered over Fang Yun's request. They all fell into deep thought. There were similar documents all the time.
The Ministry of Personnel was responsible for evaluating officials and recording their merits and faults. Superiors would also evaluate their subordinates. Moreover, historians would also record some of their deeds. There were also a few people who would publicly state their merits and demerits.
Zhuge Liang's "Chu Shi Biao" and Cao Cao's "Shu Zhi Ling" were basically a type of work report.
However, it was unprecedented for a new official to ask all his subordinates to write such personal reports, especially when it was clearly divided into five topics.
This was the second day of Fang Yun's appointment as the Left Prime Minister. Almost all the high-ranking officials and officials in Saint Origin World were paying attention to Fang Yun.
Therefore, the matter of the individual report immediately spread on the ranking board.
A few people thought that it was unnecessary, and many people thought that it was unnecessary. However, some high-ranking officials praised it greatly.
Right Prime Minister Cao Dean quickly learned of this and immediately made it clear that he wanted to learn from the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion. He requested that the officials of the Right Prime Minister's Pavilion also hand over this report tomorrow. Cao Dean even said that if this matter was successful, he would expand it to all the yamens in the capital and even all the other places.
However, the Assistant Prime Minister and the Minister of Rites said that this matter was not urgent and that they would wait and see.
After Mount Liu stepped down as the Left Prime Minister, the position of Assistant Prime Minister was also vacant. In the end, it was filled by a highly respected senior scholar in Jingguo, Yang Xuwen. This person resigned in anger when Mount Liu abused his power. He was only willing to take up the position of Assistant Prime Minister when Mount Liu resigned.
However, now that Jingguo was in a turbulent situation, Yang Xuwen began to protect himself and did not participate in any political battles. He even let his subordinates manage the government affairs. He was basically the go-between for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of Jingguo.
To many people's surprise, the Emperor of Wu Guo actually issued an edict in the afternoon that day, requesting all officials of the seventh rank and above to write a memorial. The memorial's requirements were exactly the same as Fang Yun's five aspects, and he couldn't even be bothered to change it.
As soon as this matter was released, there were people who scolded and laughed. However, a small number of officials from all over the Ten Nations began to secretly follow suit, especially in Xiang State and Mi State. The prefectural, prefectural, and county-level yamens began to request the relevant officials to write a personal report.
Because there were too many people paying attention to Fang Yun, many of the things that happened to Fang Yun in the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion were widely spread. The news of Fang Yun repeatedly praising Mount Liu in the Cabinet also spread.
That night, there was another post that said that after Mount Liu learned of the personal report, he sighed and said, "I am not as talented as Fang Yun."
After that, many people analyzed this report and came to many conclusions. One of the conclusions that many people agreed with was that these reports would be useless in the hands of mediocre officials. However, in the hands of a capable official like Fang Yun, not only would he be able to see the person who wrote the report clearly, he would even be able to grasp the operations of the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion, the Cabinet, and even the entire imperial court as quickly as possible.
The second day of Fang Yun's appointment as the Left Prime Minister was very peaceful. He was not as arbitrary as others had thought.
Before he made a decision on a matter, he would consult the relevant personnel and listen to their opinions before making a decision. If his subordinates had different opinions, he would also listen to them and make a decision based on his own discretion.
There were many affairs that the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion had to deal with every day. Previously, when the position of the Left Prime Minister was vacant, the officials could quickly decide on many matters after discussion. However, with Fang Yun around, they could only follow the established process and get Fang Yun's reply before they could implement it. Hence, there was a growing backlog of documents and Fang Yun had no choice but to deal with the important matters first.
Everyone discovered that although Fang Yun's efficiency in handling government affairs was slow, his methods were shrewd and meticulous, and no one could pick out any mistakes.
Only now did those officials who had looked down on Fang Yun realize that Fang Yun had not been a county magistrate in Ning 'an and governor in Xiangzhou for nothing. He already knew the operations of the yamen like the back of his hand.
That day, Cai He, Sai Zhixue, and Yu Xingshu were received by Fang Yun. The four of them had a long private discussion in the study.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.
Compared to Fang Yun's appointment as the Left Prime Minister, this half a month could be said to have been very peaceful. This was because not a single major event had occurred. However, there had been an endless stream of small matters.
The Four Ministers of Jingguo each had their own division of labor.
Among them, the Left Prime Minister was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, and the Chamberlain of Dependencies.
Even the Left Prime Minister had no right to directly appoint the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Rites, the Chancellor of Hanlin Academy, and the Minister of Honglu Temple.
However, the Left Prime Minister had great control over the positions below the Minister of Personnel in these four yamen. As long as Fang Yun wanted to appoint an official below the Minister of Personnel, regardless of whether it was the other officials, the Emperor or the Empress Dowager, under normal circumstances, they would all agree. This was unless the person appointed by Fang Yun had a major problem or was involved in a conflict of interest.
Fang Yun did not make any drastic personnel changes. He only appointed three people.
Sai Zhixue, who had once been the Left Assistant Minister of Rites, was transferred to the Left Assistant Minister of Personnel and became the second-in-command there. Because Sai Zhixue had a rich resume, his position was considered a normal transfer and did not cause any commotion.
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