After finishing all the things and replacing all the officials with his own people, Zhu Youxiao had a very deep understanding that he had fewer things to do.

The ministers in the court can all act on their own without having to worry about anything. The most important thing is that no one will point out the affairs of their harem, and no one will think about writing letters to admonish them all day long.

This was a very good thing for him. Then Zhu Youxiao's harem life began to become harmonious.

This was actually the result of Zhu Youxiao's purge of the inner court. No one in the harem dared to explode again.

On this day, Zhu Youzheng was flying a kite with Queen Zhang. The two of them were talking and laughing, and there were a circle of chambermaids and maids standing around them.

Everyone looked at the most noble man and woman in the world with envy.

The maids looked at Queen Zhang with envy. Everyone knew His Majesty's love for Queen Zhang.

"Your Majesty, Fang Zhenghua is here." When Zhu Youxiao turned around to drink tea, Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao's side and said respectfully: "The emperor is also here."

After listening to his words, Zhu Youxiao nodded calmly, then smiled and continued to fly the kite with Queen Zhang, as if he had no idea about the arrival of the state leader and Fang Zhenghua.

It wasn't until he was tired from playing that Zhu Youxiao took Queen Zhang's little hand and walked back.

Looking at Queen Zhang who was slightly sweating on her forehead, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Go and get ready, the Queen and I are going to take a bath."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong quickly agreed.

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Queen Zhang blushed slightly, glanced at her Majesty coquettishly, and went to take a bath with him.

After an indescribable bath, Zhu Youxiao changed his clothes and returned to Qianqing Palace.

Knocking on the table gently, Zhu Youxiao muttered: "Go and call them two!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong agreed and hurriedly went to deliver the message.

Not long after, Zhang Guoji and Fang Zhenghua walked in from outside.

"I will see you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Fang Zhenghua and Zhang Guoji, and asked expressionlessly: "What are you two doing here today?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I would like to have a word with Your Majesty about the matters concerning the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Zhang Guoji said with a serious face.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Zhang Guoji calmly, nodded and said, "If you have anything to say, Aiqing, just say it!"

"I came here today to talk to Your Majesty about the selection of officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Zhang Guoji said with his hand, "I want to select officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs through recruitment. In this way, the internal government can recruit more talents.

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"What's more, the Ministry of Internal Affairs serves His Majesty. This approach can demonstrate His Majesty's strategy of using talents in an eclectic way. At the same time, it can also give those who have no hope in the imperial examination an opportunity to enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs and serve His Majesty. This is a

A way to kill two birds with one stone. So I want to select officials for the Ministry of Internal Affairs through open recruitment."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Guoji, nodded with a smile and said, "This is a good idea, then just do what Aiqing said."

As if he did not expect that His Majesty would agree so easily, Zhang Guoji was slightly startled, and quickly stood up and said respectfully: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best and will never let Your Majesty down, and I will do everything beautifully."

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Nodding slightly, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "I believe in Aiqing."

"Then I'll take my leave now."

After the matter was finished, Zhang Guoji and Fang Zhenghua took their leave.

But after going around in a circle, Fang Zhenghua came back again, "Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao didn't leave either. He was waiting for Fang Zhenghua here. After taking a look at Fang Zhenghua, he said expressionlessly: "Let's talk about it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Fang Zhenghua agreed quickly, bowed and said, "Actually, I didn't put in much effort. Although no one is looking for the abbot on the surface these days, in fact, there are still many people looking for him privately.

Few. It’s just that they are a lot more humble than the last time. They mostly resort to bribery in the hope of arranging people to enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”

Zhu Youxiao nodded. He knew a little about this matter because someone had already reported it to him.

However, Zhu Youxiao did not expose it. He turned to look at Fang Zhenghua and asked with a frown: "Who gave the father-in-law this idea? Open recruitment? Some people forget everything after they get caught up in the money.

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"Back to the emperor, it is said that he is a confidant of the emperor, named Liu Bing." Fang Zhenghua said hesitantly.

"Then contact him and make him obedient." Zhu Youxiao said expressionlessly.

Just when Fang Zhenghua was about to agree, Zhu Youxiao said again: "Forget it, I'll let Chen Hong handle this matter."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youxiao said with a solemn expression: "Just keep an eye on the people and don't make any mistakes. When the time comes, bring the list to me for a look. I will select some from it and let these people

Enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Fang Zhenghua said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the abbot's side..."

"Is there something wrong with him here?" Zhu Youxiao asked with some doubts.

"Only doing the best thing is what you should do. You don't have to worry about other things. You don't know anything. Do you understand?" Zhu Youxiao found that Fang Zhenghua's head was a bit straight, maybe it was due to martial arts training.

Common human disease.

If it were Wei Zhongxian or Chen Hong, it would have been clear. This Founder actually wanted to speak so clearly.

But that's fine, at least Fang Zhenghua won't mess up things by blindly understanding things on his own. Just make it clear, at least he knows clearly what to do.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I understand." Fang Zhenghua quickly agreed.

First of all, through open selection, this means that the official selection method of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is actually another disguised form of imperial examination. Those who are unsuccessful in the officialdom can take the examination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Once they entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they came into conflict with the officials in the officialdom. Officials with regular imperial examination backgrounds would definitely look down on them, and they would definitely fight back.

The most critical point is that if Zhang Guoji does this, he will offend a large number of civil servants.

For civil servants, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is their pocketbook, and they want to devour it at any time. The easiest way is to transfer officials from other yamen to supplement the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

There are many officials in the six ministries who want to join the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Under such circumstances, once open recruitment is chosen, what will these civil servants do?

Many big guys want to reach out to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or arrange for their own people to join the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If the selection is really open, what will these big guys do under such circumstances?

Zhang Guoji definitely couldn't hide it, and he will probably be impeached soon.

Of course, this is not the first big pitfall. Doing this will definitely offend people, so what Zhang Guoji is doing now can be considered quite satisfactory.

The second big pitfall is the bribes Zhang Guoji accepted. After accepting bribes, he has to arrange people, but Fang Zhenghua is in charge of who is arranged to enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and more importantly, His Majesty Zhu Youxiao is in charge.

Naturally, the person Zhu Youxiao selected could not be the person Zhang Guoji accepted bribes from. In other words, Zhang Guoji would offend some people again. These people gave Zhang Guoji money, but he failed to accomplish anything for them. Those people

Will you be angry with him?

It's just that Zhang Guoji's status is special. He is the father of the queen. It is unlikely that anyone will file a lawsuit against him, but his reputation will definitely be ruined.

When these two pots were smashed, Zhang Guoji was immediately disabled in half. It was basically impossible for him to thrive in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future.

In other words, once the entire framework of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is set up, it is time for my father-in-law to step down.

Zhang Guoji would not be able to do anything in the Ministry of Internal Affairs after offending so many people. Of course, this was also Zhu Youxiao's earliest plan.

That's why Zhu Youxiao told Fang Zhenghua that even if no one went to his father-in-law to tell him about the selection and recruitment method, he would arrange for others to talk about it.

"Okay, go back and do your work!" Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.

"My slave, take your leave." Fang Zhenghua agreed, then bowed and retreated.

After Fang Zhenghua left, Zhu Youxiao sighed softly.

Things are finally on the right track, and now I don't need to do anything else, I just need to watch and wait calmly.

After Zhang Guoji and Fang Zhenghua returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, news came out immediately.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will adopt a selection and recruitment system. Anyone who has the title of a civil servant or above can apply for election; once they pass the election, they can work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As soon as the news came out, the entire capital was in an uproar.

Because of the incident at the Royal Academy, many scholars gathered in the capital. No one expected that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would do this, so there was a lot of discussion again.

Different from the public support and opposition situation, the opposition in the court can be said to be one-sided, and no one at all agrees with what the Ministry of Internal Affairs is doing this time.

The Sixth Section began to write a petition to impeach Zhang Guoji, saying that he was nepotistic and accepted bribes.

Of course this kind of thing is true, but Zhu Youxiao chose to ignore it.

Zhang Guoji's reputation began to decline rapidly. Many scholars said that he had changed and that he was now no different from his ancestors.

At the same time, Zhang Guoji received more visits from dignitaries and relatives.

At the same time, the gifts sent by nobles and relatives were becoming more and more valuable, and the Zhang Mansion appeared to be prosperous.

This resulted in Zhang Guoji's reputation becoming worse and worse among scholars.

The capital here is bustling and noisy, while the Liaodong side is still at the end of winter, but it is starting to get warmer.

Since the last war, Liaodong has been stable for a long time.

Jiannu did not send anyone to harass him anymore, which made Xiong Tingbi relieved. He could safely take care of Liaodong's defense.

"Master Xiong." A voice suddenly sounded behind Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi turned around and looked over and found that it was the Wei Dynasty.

Xiong Tingbi did not dare to offend this father-in-law who came from the palace. He quickly greeted him with a smile, cupped his hands and said, "I have met Eunuch Wei."

Since the last time he came to announce the decree, Eunuch Wei has not left, as if he was waiting for something.

Xiong Tingbi didn't dare to ask. If this father-in-law doesn't leave, he won't leave, and Liaodong is not afraid of him eating. However, Eunuch Wei has not been here for some days, and it seems that he did not come to the Three Treasures Hall today for nothing.
Chapter completed!