My father is Jiajing

Chapter 458 Prince Yu’s Disgust
After arriving in the capital, Hai Rui first reported to the Censorate and did not go directly to Prince Yu's residence. This shows that in Hai Rui's heart, certain rules are more important than human relationships.

As for the fact that Hai Rui went to the Censorate to hand in his post first and did not come to his own house, Zhu Zaigui did not care at all, because this was consistent with his understanding of Hai Rui.

If Hai Rui was like other officials who left Prince Yu's Palace, and went to the palace to pay a visit first upon returning and then went to his respective offices to perform his official duties, then Zhu Zaigui would have to consider whether the magic sword had been worn out by him.

Now seeing that the magic sword is still there, Zhu Zaigui feels relieved.

After Hai Rui finished his work at the Censorate, he finally had the opportunity to change into casual clothes and visit Zhu Zaigui at his residence.

The gatekeepers at the mansion had also been instructed long ago that whenever Hai Rui came to visit, they would take him directly to the study.

Hai Rui entered Prince Yu's mansion, walked the same road he had walked before, and finally arrived at Zhu Zaigui's study.

When Hai Rui saw Zhu Zaigui, he bowed excitedly, "Your Highness, Hai Rui greets you!"

Zhu Zaigui chuckled, stood up, came over to help Hai Rui up, and said, "Thank you for your hard work in Shanxi these past few years."

Hai Rui was helped up by Zhu Zaigui, and he was also moved and replied: "It is my duty as a minister."

Zhu Zaigui smiled again and said, "Okay, okay, this is what I value about you. Someone come and serve tea to the sea patrol."

Zhu Zaigui turned around and returned to his seat, and said, "How do you like this new study room of mine?"

When Hai Rui was brought into the palace, he knew that Zhu Zaigui's study had been moved to a new location and was no longer in the original courtyard.

Looking at this more spacious study and the mountains of court documents piled up in the study, Hai Rui's heart was also excited.

This shows that Prince Yu’s role as regent over the years was not just in name only, but he actually practiced it.

Hai Rui said, "Your Majesty is as pragmatic and simple as before."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "You can say that I am pragmatic, but if you say that I am simple, then it seems like you are just trying to flatter me."

Hai Rui smiled awkwardly. He had no intention of complimenting Zhu Zaigui. However, at a glance, he felt that this study room did not have the antique calligraphy and paintings that he had seen in the local officials' study rooms.

Therefore, Hai Rui couldn't help but feel that Zhu Zaigui's life was simple.

Zhu Zaigui said, "You are returning to Beijing to report on your work this time, and it just happens to be the end of the three-year performance evaluation period. The Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate have recommended a new candidate for the Shanxi Provincial Governor, and I have also examined this person's ability, so you don't have to go back to Shanxi after you return to Beijing this time."

Although Hai Rui had been mentally prepared, he still felt a little reluctant when he heard that he was really going to leave Shanxi.

After all, he had witnessed and participated in the changes in Shanxi over the past three years.

It can be said that since the earthquake in Huazhou, he has also spent all his efforts to supervise and monitor the post-earthquake reconstruction in Shanxi and other places. Now that he is really leaving, Hai Rui can't help but worry whether Shanxi will continue to develop at the same high speed as the three years he was in office after he left.

Zhu Zaigui looked at Hai Rui's expression at the moment, and understood the reluctance and entanglement in Hai Rui's heart.

Zhu Zaigui added: "The development of a place certainly depends on the ability of the person in charge, but if you want long-term development, the person in charge must have the courage to let go and pass the baton to the next person in charge. If the cycle continues, the development of a place will be more promising."

"Otherwise, putting all your hopes on one person will only bring disaster, not blessing. You have been working in the local government for several years, so you should understand this principle. Officials and clerks who have been entrenched in a place for a long time, no matter how good their original intentions are, will inevitably breed some commonplace corruption and ugliness over time."

"So, for the sake of long-term stability in the local area, the imperial court can only adopt the system of floating officials, which transfers key officials to different places and prevents them from staying in one place for a long time. This is actually for their own good."

"Of course, although the court cannot transfer these small clerks to other places for the time being, at least they will not cause much trouble. Moreover, to a certain extent, they can be regarded as the management tentacles of the court, helping the court to stabilize the grassroots stability."

"So even if they have some shameful mistakes and filth, the court can only accept it. However, according to my investigation of your performance, I found that you have a very good way to manage and control local officials like you."

"When you have time, write down your work experience in a detailed work report. If there is a chance in the future, I will use your methods as training materials for local officials, so that they can learn and comprehend them well when they first take office, so that they will not be kept in the dark by those cunning officials and unable to truly realize their ambitions of governing a place."

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, Hai Rui immediately stood up and bowed, "I obey your command."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Hai Rui and said, "This time, I am going to recommend you as the deputy governor of the Beijing Special District, responsible for supervising and planning and building roads in the Special District. What do you think about this?"

When Hai Rui heard that Zhu Zaigui really intended to put him in the Beijing Special District, he became excited. Hai Rui said, "I will do my best to serve the people of the Special District and its development until my death!"

Zhu Zaiqi laughed and said, "You are too polite. I am asking you to chew a hard bone, not to work yourself to death. And to be honest, I am not optimistic about officials who are exhausted to death, because in my opinion, such officials are either incapable of doing things, or they are too eager for power and are unwilling to share power, so they are exhausted to death."

"So, I don't really appreciate this kind of officials. I appreciate people who can get things done and manage their time properly. So, don't learn to work hard until you die. I won't feel sorry for people who work themselves to death."

"And I don't need such a person as a role model, because I am not Liu Chan, and you are not Zhuge Liang, so don't keep saying such things."

As soon as Zhu Zaigui finished speaking, Hai Rui couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. He never expected that Prince Yu would express his views so bluntly on the words "devote all one's energy to the cause until death", which has been regarded as the highest ideal by officials of all generations.

Moreover, in Zhu Zaigui's explanation, he also expressed his disgust for this sentence, and even thought that this sentence was an excuse for incompetent people.

So at this moment, Hai Rui's heart was as turbulent as a storm. It seemed that if he wanted to work under this master in the future, he not only needed the ability, but also had to be fully focused and could not say those empty words.

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