As midsummer comes, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The earthquake in Hedong has completely subsided. Various materials have been transported to Xinzhou. The location of the new city has been selected and Xinzhou City has begun to be rebuilt. Moreover, due to proper prevention and control, no major plague occurred, which also made everyone feel relieved.

Although Li Zhang has returned to the capital, he often pays attention to the situation in Xinzhou. He even sent the first batch of students who are about to graduate from the medical school to Xinzhou for tutoring. After all, there are too many injuries there. These students can help local disaster victims and improve their medical skills, which can be considered a killing of two birds with one stone.

However, the weather is too hot today. If possible, Li Zhang really wanted to stay at home and stay in the ice basin motionless. However, thinking of Zhao Zhen's instructions and the rumors he had heard recently, he had to ask someone to prepare a carriage and then take the carriage to visit Wang Zeng's mansion.

Wang Zeng has been ill for several months. Even though Zhao Zhen sent the imperial doctor in the palace to his mansion to stay, Wang Zeng's condition has not improved much. He even heard that it has been serious in the past two days, so Li Zhang hurried to visit him.

After a while, Li Zhang's carriage came to the door of Wang Zeng's mansion. After delivering his visit, someone from the palace immediately came to greet him. Li Zhang was then invited to the inner house to visit Wang Zeng. When he saw Wang Zeng, Li Zhang almost recognized him because Wang Zeng was much thinner than before.

"Marquis Dingbei is here, please sit down quickly!" Although Wang Zeng was very thin, he was in good spirits. He smiled and said with a smile when he saw Li Zhang coming in. However, he was half lying on the bed at this time, with an empty medicine bowl next to him, as if he had just drunk the medicine.

"How is Wang Xiang's body feeling? Your Majesty has been talking about you, so I asked me to come and visit him?" Li Zhang immediately stepped forward and sat on the chair in front of the bed and asked with concern. Including Wang Zeng is only sixty years old this year, and in later generations, he is only at the age of retirement, but he can be called longevity in this era.

"Your Majesty is worried about it, but my illness is slow and it has been slow. I'm afraid I can't share your worries recently!" Wang Zeng seemed to feel a little chest tightness when he said this. He pressed his chest and panted a few times until his face flushed.

Li Zhang was even more worried when he saw this. He immediately asked about Wang Zeng’s condition again. In fact, Wang Zeng was not seriously ill. But he was old and had constant physical problems. In addition to the hard work of politics, it also seriously affected his health. As a result, a cold was always bad some time ago, and finally caused all kinds of problems, which caused this current situation.

However, Li Zhang felt a deep heart after hearing this. He was also a person who understood medical skills. In the case of Wang Zeng, it was actually normal aging in the body. A minor illness caused such serious consequences. From this we can see that Wang Zeng's physical condition had reached a very bad point.

Of course, Li Zhang would not say it directly, but comforted Wang Zeng again, but Wang Zeng suddenly asked: "I heard that Your Majesty wants to rectify the administration recently?"

"Yes, the problem of administration has been around for a long time. Your Majesty wants to take advantage of this opportunity to rectify administration." Li Zhang also nodded, and he knew that the king would ask this question.

Wang Zeng heard this and pondered for a moment, then said, "Is this decision related to Song Qi and others?"

"It's not entirely because of the memorials of Song Qi and others, but because His Majesty also saw various problems in the country, so he was determined to take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate external troubles. A few days ago, Your Majesty summoned me and Xiang Lu to ask about our opinions. Finally, Xiang Lu suggested starting with the administration of the government, so the matter of rectifying the administration of the government was in progress." Li Zhang did not hide it and immediately explained the reasons for rectifying the administration of the government.

That day, after seeing Zhao Zhen's determination to eliminate domestic shortcomings, Lu Yijian also helped Zhao Zhen analyze various domestic problems, and then suggested starting with the administration of officials, because officials are the tools for the emperor to rule the world. As the saying goes, "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." If Zhao Zhen wants to reform the country, he must have an effective team of officials, so the rectification of administration of officials was put on the agenda.

"So that's it. I think this should be Lu Yijian's suggestion. Although I don't like Lu Yijian, I have to admire his talent in government affairs. This person has a vicious vision, ability and skills, but his virtues are despicable!" Wang Zeng is worthy of being Lu Yijian's mortal enemy. Even when praising the other party, he did not forget to make a sarcastic sentence in the end.

"Wang Xiang guessed well. It was indeed Lu Xiang who suggested starting with the administration of officials. What suggestions did Wang Xiang have for this?" Li Zhang did not judge Lu Yijian's character, but asked again. Zhao Zhen asked him to visit Wang Zeng. In addition to asking about his condition, he also asked Li Zhang to listen to Wang Zeng's opinion on the rectification of administration.

Wang Zeng pondered for a moment again, and then said: "The issue of administration in the Song Dynasty is very complicated. Officials are promoted using the "scrutiny" system, only talking about their seniority and not about their political achievements, which leads to officials being misleading and doing nothing. One position and multiple officials have led to officials shirking responsibility and refusing to do practical things. It is obvious that a small matter may be arguing for several months. If you want to solve these problems, you must fundamentally solve the promotion of officials and the rights and responsibilities of the positions!"

The so-called "scrutiny" system is actually about seniority. If an official wants to be promoted, it is not enough for you to make political achievements, but to be concerned with qualifications. For example, Chen Yaozuo, Wang Sui and other four people who were impeached before, relying solely on political achievements, these four people are actually not qualified to hold such an important position in power.

"What Wang Xiang said is right. Your Majesty is also very worried about these issues in administration. The promotion system of officials must be changed, and the investigation system must be abolished. At that time, everything will be promoted according to political achievements. At the same time, special officials will be sent to assess the political achievements of officials, and thus form a set of effective regulations, thereby completely changing the current situation." Li Zhang nodded at this time.

"But this will touch the interests of many people. Are Your Majesty ready?" Wang Zeng said with a heavy expression.

Although there are major problems with the moping system, after all, after so many years of implementation, many officials are beneficiaries of moping system, and even many officials have been through so many years of experience. If they are abolished all at once, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among these people. If these people start to make trouble, the court will also be under great pressure, and even if one is not done well, all the previous efforts may be wasted.
Chapter completed!