At this time, the court meeting on a single day, and the court meeting on two days will not be held. The second day after Du Zhongxiao officially entered the capital was the sixth day of the eighth month, not the day of court, so he arrived at the Censorate early. Du Zhongxiao's home was east of the Imperial Street, and the Censorate Street was west of the Imperial Street and south of the Imperial Street. It was a few miles away.

The officials of the Censorate had arrived, standing in front of the door, welcoming the new Censorate's head. All the rituals were like rituals and entered the Censorate's gate.

At this time, the Censorate formally organized eleven officials and thirty-two officials, divided into fourteen cases. Standing in front of the official hall, the officials stepped forward to introduce themselves. Du Zhongxiao could not remember completely for a moment, but just remembered the eight most important officials.

The Censor, Guo Shenxi, was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Tiansheng. He was over 60 years old, with gray hair and strong spirits. He was the assistant of the Deputy Censors and Du Zhongxiao, and his status was not comparable to anyone else. The Censors Liang Qian, Wu Zhongfu, and Fan Shidao were all Tiansheng and Jinshi in Baoyuan. They have been officials for many years and have political reputations in the local area and are in charge of the Taiyuan. The Censors Lu Jingchu and Zhao Yan, in charge of the Palace. The Censors Ding Xu, Shen Qi, in charge of the Prefecture.

Among these eight people, Zhao Yan, the censor of the Palace, was the superior of Du Zhongxiao when he first entered the officialdom, and the rest met for the first time. Everyone was not familiar with each other, and Du Zhongxiao was not familiar with the affairs of the Censorate and had nothing to say, but said: "The Censorate is the place of Fengxian. It is in charge of the court being shot and corrected all officials, and it is not an ordinary place to go. You have been in Taixian for a long time. In the future, you should only be in fear and fearful and live up to the court's entrustedness."

Everyone bowed together and said yes.

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not early, please go back to the official hall early to handle official affairs. This afternoon, I invite you to go out to drink and have fun. Zhaodianyuan, come to the official hall and talk about gossip."

After hearing this, everyone said goodbye and left. Zhao Yan stepped forward and followed Du Zhongxiao into the official hall. When they arrived at the official hall, the two of them sat down, and the soldiers on one side came to tea. Most of these soldiers were affiliated with the Sansi and did some miscellaneous things, not with the Censor Taichung. In this era, the organization was to be paid by the court, and the number of officials was determined and could not be increased or decreased at will.

Du Zhongxiao invited tea and said to Zhao Yan: "I haven't seen each other for many years, but I didn't expect to meet the verdict here."

Zhao Yan said: "The Xiaguan was appointed as the verdict in Bozhou back then. If the Zhongcheng was dissatisfied, don't be surprised."

Du Zhongxiao said: "How could it be! If I had not been helped by you in Bozhou, I would not have been where I am today. Over the years, I have been an official everywhere, and by chance I have made some contributions. I was appointed as the Chief Secretary and turned down on the palace."

Zhao Yan bowed and said, "Zhongcheng is born with intelligence and good deeds, so he is not comparable to ordinary people."

After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled. The ups and downs of the years have all turned into this smile. Zhao Yan is an iron-faced censor. He has been in the Censor Taichung for many years. When it comes to offending people, there is no one who can compare to him in Taichung. Moreover, Zhao Yan has a tough temper and Du Zhongxiao shows him goodness, so the two can work together. The Censor Zhongcheng is the chief of the Censor Taitai, but now the officials below do not need to agree to the Censor Zhongcheng, and they have great independence.

After saying some gossip, Du Zhongxiao said: "Dianyuan, what affairs in the court are now? What should the Censorate need to pay special attention to?"

Zhao Yan thought for a while and shook his head: "The Holy Body was not safe in the first half of this year, and Prime Minister Wen Xianggong was in moderation and there was no important matter. However, before the Zhongcheng returned to the court, Taiwei Di and Taiwei Han of the Privy Council were appointed as the strategic envoys of the north and south routes of Dangxiang. The court obviously intended to do Dangxiang. If a war broke out, the affairs of the Dangxiang front line were naturally the most urgent matter."

Du Zhongxiao said: "This is the truth. Now that the finances are abundant, there is no major internal affairs, and there is only the focus on the government and the country."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao said: "In the view of the palace, what should the censor's position as a censor should report?"

Zhao Yan said: "At this time, the so-called censors are actually the eyes and ears of the court, and what they say and do is the most important thing. I think that the first thing that is like the censors' duty is to divide them into gentlemen and villains. If a villain has small mistakes, he should advise them to eliminate them. If a gentleman, even if he does not investigate the faults for a while, he should protect and cherish them to achieve his virtues. This is the top priority, and the Chief Secretary must not ignore them."

Du Zhongxiao heard this and nodded, but said nothing for a moment. He valued a villain and gentleman. In recent years, he has not only heard only one person's words, but has gradually become a trend. However, what he learned and received in his previous life emphasized that things are not right to others. If you think you are a gentleman, you are really a gentleman? Things in the world are extremely complicated, so how can you distinguish them so simply?

The emphasis on gentlemen and villains in politics, and even divide officials into gentlemen and villains, shows one problem, which is the political system. The official system itself has big problems, and some of them are unable to follow. Even if you do things according to the rules, it may not be all right. Not to mention, in many cases, it is more appropriate to ignore the rules and make your own decisions. In addition, the status of the literati and the current emperor dynasty was rapidly rising, and when they were fully grasping the dominance, their responsibilities were not clear, and they paid more attention to character.

Are there gentlemen and villains in the officialdom? To be honest, there should be some. But for officials, the number of people who can clearly divide them into gentlemen and villains is very limited. In other words, most officials cannot say that they are gentlemen or villains, they are just receiving a salary and doing a duty. These people who cannot be distinguished will be forced to distinguish them by the requirements of gentlemen and villains.

When Du Zhongxiao came to take charge of the Censorate, he no longer wanted to use gentlemen or villains to distinguish officials, but instead seek truth from facts. Regardless of his identity, doing it right is right, and doing it wrong is wrong, and the Censor is relatively neutral. Now it seems that there should be many difficulties in doing this.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao suddenly smiled: "It seems to me that I am a gentleman or a villain?"

Zhao Yan hurriedly bowed: "When Zhongcheng was on the West Road of Jing, he opened fields, shopping malls, etc. to use money. He went out of the border to be the commander, defeated the imperial enemy Khitan and Dangxiang, and expanded the land for thousands of miles, and the imperial court relied on it for peace. He sent troops thousands of miles to restore the Western Regions, which were all peerless achievements that people dare not imagine! Like Zhongcheng, a gentleman did not even praise him for his good deeds, so who dared to look at him as a villain!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded and shook his head again: "But I think about what I do in daily life, like many things, and I can't completely return to the gentleman's behavior. Although I am cautious in doing things on weekdays, there are also many opportunities. If I force myself to divide officials into gentlemen and villains, it would be a bit difficult for me. Of course, I am not familiar with the court officials, and I will be different after I first came to the capital.

Zhao Yan said: "The Chief Secretary said this, but you used to pay attention to practical things and don't pay attention to character. As long as you observe and think carefully, you can always tell the actions of officials in the court."

Du Zhongxiao knew that Zhao Yan himself would burn incense and pray every night, report his daytime actions to heaven, and check whether he had any faults. For such a person, his theory is of no use. He has his own principles of dealing with things and has an perspective to observe others, and will not be changed by a few words. In fact, Zhao Yan is suitable for being a censor, but now the Taiwanese and censors are merged.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said, "I think the Taiwanese officials should divide the matter into two parts. Part of it is about ministry. How should this ministry be done? If the officials do something wrong, they can be impeached. Another is about people. Although they do things in accordance with the regulations, they have selfish intentions. These two aspects cannot be replaced by each other. One should be the main one and the other should be the second. The main and the second one should be clear. Of course, the regulations for ministry are not so clear now, and the second is too complicated, making people feel that they have no idea how to start."

Zhao Yan nodded, without saying anything, obviously disagreeing with Du Zhongxiao's opinion.

This is what Du Zhongxiao felt embarrassed. What he learned in his previous life, when it comes to gentlemen and villains, they are just hypocrites, but they are not as good as real villains among villains. In fact, now this year is a gentleman. When the dispute between villains truly enters politics, where do so many hypocrites come from? Most people’s choice is not to join at all. Only when the gentlemen and villains become the common mask in politics will they wear them on their own.

Zhao Yan is a true gentleman. No matter what he does or what he knows, what does not meet the gentleman's career he says. From the bottom of his heart, he treats himself as a gentleman and strictly requires it. Only after this group can there be hypocrites and real villains.

It is precisely because we know that after the political position of gentlemen and villains are clearly divided into universal, the destruction of politics itself will be opposed to the political division of gentlemen and villains, rather than the other way around. Countries without such history are different, just like Du Zhongxiao's political correctness in many European and American countries in his previous life, but in fact they carry the legacy of gentlemen and villains.

How did Du Zhongxiao convince others if things didn't happen? Du Zhongxiao himself had a headache. To take charge of the imperial stand, he should establish a system to prevent such a thing from happening. It's just that how to establish a system is still hard to say.

After chatting for a while, Du Zhongxiao bid farewell to Zhao Yan and thought deeply after the desk.

Zhao Yan's attitude represents not only him, but actually represents the general attitude of the current censors. This is also a political reality. The specific supervision responsibilities have been castrated and the function of speaking and speaking are added to the response of officials to their own identities. To correct this trend, the first thing to do is to improve the supervision responsibilities. Only when there are more practical tasks will the less empty words and speaking.

Although the current Censorate has regulations from various yamen, the Secretariat and the Privy Council sent the specific decisions here before the memorial, there are still too few real supervision. Since there are too few officials, it is impossible to achieve real supervision, and it can only be superficial.
Chapter completed!