Professional Ethics of a Concubine

The palace servants also hurriedly got busy, helping the emperor wash his hands and face. Because the palace servants were all old people from the East Palace and were very familiar with the emperor, they did things in an orderly manner and were not overly nervous.

"Your Majesty looks unhappy. Is it because government affairs are not going well, or has someone made you unhappy?" Ye Qingzhi approached him and asked with concern.

"No one is so blind as to make me unhappy, it's just that the political affairs are complicated and there is also the war between Yan and Zhao. It takes up too much energy and it's a bit of a headache."

Xie Jin said this, rubbing his forehead with his hand, looking tired.

"Your Majesty should also combine work and rest and get enough rest." Ye Qingzhi said, letting him half lie on her legs while she rubbed his forehead.

Xie Jin felt very comfortable with her massage and asked her with a smile, "Why didn't I know you could give massages before?"

"I just learned this skill for the purpose of serving the emperor now." Ye Qingzhi asked him with a smile, "How is it? Is it comfortable? How's the strength? Can you use it a little harder?"

"Is what you said true? Did you learn it specifically for me?" Upon hearing this, Xie Jin stared at her in surprise, finding it hard to believe that he still had this kind of treatment.

It was only when she first entered the Marquis' Mansion that she was very motivated. She practiced this and that every day and put all her efforts on herself.

Anyway, he hadn't heard her say for a long time that she had learned some skills for him. After all, now she had him under her control just by talking.

"Of course it's true." Seeing his surprised look, Ye Qingzhi secretly reflected on her usual work attitude and said to him with a smile,

“The emperor was always busy before, but he didn’t have to read so many memorials, nor did he have to hold meetings with ministers all the time. But now, you have to take care of both of these things, which means a lot more workload.

Especially when holding meetings, listening to the ministers chattering all the time is actually very exhausting and is particularly likely to cause headaches.

I asked Feng Yuxi to teach me this set of massage techniques. When Your Majesty feels dizzy and has a headache, I will give you a massage like this. If you close your eyes and rest, you will feel much better. "

Xie Jin sighed with relief after hearing her say this, and couldn't help but say, "Qingqing, if you spend a little more time on me now, I will be completely taken advantage of by you."

"Your Majesty, are you blaming me for being lazy before?" Ye Qingzhi asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"That's not the case." Xie Jin smiled and shook his head. "You are so considerate. To use your words, I am so happy that I don't know what to do."

Ye Qingzhi smiled and lowered her head to kiss him. She touched his dark eye bags with her fingers and gently advised,

"With such a large country and so many things to do, political affairs will never be over, but Your Majesty, there will be a time when your body will collapse from exhaustion.

You need to get enough sleep and exercise every day, and the time you spend on government affairs should not exceed ten hours a day."

Seeing him like this, Ye Qingzhi felt sorry for him. What would she do if her leader fell ill from overwork?

If this continues, you will definitely die young!

She didn't want to see Xie Jin die before her at all. It was undeniable that a large part of her sense of security here came from Xie Jin.

If Xie Jin died before her, or even died before the age of fifty due to overwork, she would not be desperate, but she would definitely be sad!

Therefore, the leader’s protective umbrella cannot fall and must outlive her.

In the past, her job was to urge her leaders to make progress, but now Ye Qingzhi feels that her work goals also need to change. She needs to urge her leaders to keep to a regular schedule and take care of their health.

"I know that too, but it's a turbulent time right now and I'm really too busy to handle it." Xie Jin was a little helpless.

Ye Qingzhi had finished massaging him by then, and the palace servants had also set the table again, so she said, "Your Majesty, let's go eat first, and we'll talk after dinner."

After the two of them had dinner, Ye Qingzhi took Xie Jin to the Imperial Garden to walk around to help digest the food, which was a good way to exercise.

"Your Majesty, I've thought about it and realized that you are so busy because Great Zhao is expanding too fast and you lack capable men under your command," Ye Qingzhi said.

To put it bluntly, the company expanded rapidly and acquired two large companies in succession. Moreover, these two large companies were bankrupt. There were various problems to deal with and they were in urgent need of capable employees.

Where can I recruit?

Talent was so scarce in ancient times that there was no mature talent market at all.

The talents selected through the imperial examination are like fresh graduates.

They usually only have theoretical knowledge but no practical experience, and lack specific knowledge and talents in officialdom, people's livelihood, agriculture, water conservancy, commerce, punishment, etc.

If you ask them to be a small county magistrate, they will be busy for a year or two before they can officially take office. If you ask them to take charge of more things, they will not be able to do the job.

There must be practical talents who do not have rich book knowledge or the title of scholar or juren, but have rich practical experience and their own vision and foresight in doing things. They are just very difficult to find.

However, we have to dig even if it is difficult!

As long as we can dig up a "Zhuge Liang", we will have found a great treasure. Therefore, initial investment, a wide-ranging search, and searching through various channels are necessary.

Recruitment, recruiting talents for your company from different channels, is a science.

From the perspective of office workers, finding a job is as uncomfortable as eating shit. In fact, from the perspective of the company, recruiting employees is also a process of panning for gold in shit.

Xie Jin nodded in agreement, "If something unexpected happens in Yan State, we need to start a war to destroy it in advance, which will involve most people.

There are still some soldiers and bandits in the old Chu who need to be dealt with, the people need to be appeased, and new regulations need to be implemented. There are too many things to do, but there are not enough people. Those officials in the old Chu are not loyal at the moment and cannot be reused..."

Every time Xie Jin said something, he frowned and felt anxious.

"Your Majesty, let's post a notice and recruit openly from all over the world. We also need to establish a talent resume information database. This resume is similar to the resume of an official." Ye Qingzhi said.

"It is obvious that the imperial examination system alone is no longer enough to select talents."

"Recruitment? Resume database?" Xie Jin knew these modern terms, but he had not understood them too deeply, so he asked.

"Please elaborate on the specific measures and channels. They should be simple and executable."

"The first thing is, of course, to advertise. That is, to let all states and counties post various recruitment notices, posting specific recruitment positions, required skills and talents, and the scope of work. Then, we collect the resumes they submit and conduct assessments and verifications.

They are first screened by the states and counties, then submitted, and then further assessed by the personnel of the Ministry of Personnel, and finally presented to the emperor.

For example, when hosting a banquet for literati, the event is not about poetry or composition, but about recommending talents and talking about the other party's well-known achievements and so on.

Once the recommendation is successful, the recommender will receive corresponding rewards. If the recommender just wants to fill in the gaps and recommends a mediocre person, he will be severely punished.

In such occasions of recommending talents, assign someone to collect and record the talents' information and build their resume information database, which may be used again in the future.

There are also competitions held, such as the poetry competitions that are often held now, which will also bring out many celebrities, but these are games played by literati.

Then we can hold craft competitions to select outstanding craftsmen, or hold math competitions to select mathematicians, astronomy and geography competitions, or crime-solving competitions..."

Ye Qingzhi had seen this kind of recruitment method too many times, so she could naturally recite some specific techniques.

In fact, the shortage of talent is a long-standing problem of court policy and division of labor.

In ancient times, people did not pay enough attention to the division of labor, and there was no emphasis on talent cultivation either.

The colleges and universities established in ancient times only taught the Four Books and Five Classics. They didn’t teach much about arithmetic, and there were no specialized engineering colleges or agricultural colleges.

These engineering and agricultural talents are actually practical talents. Even if they hold official positions now, their positions are usually not high enough because the court does not value them.

If you only know how to use technology but not how to play political games, then you are dreaming about getting promoted. Of course, if you have technology, political games, and a background, then you will be able to rise to the top.

In the long run, the problem of talent shortage is easy to solve. As long as the court continues to implement similar policies to promote the competitive development of various types of labor division, all kinds of talents will surely emerge.

However, Xie Jin currently lacks cutting-edge technical talent, and even more so, he lacks complex management talent, that is, officials with coordination capabilities.

Therefore, we just have to cast a wide net and make money by catching one.

"Okay, what Qingqing said are all good methods that can be easily implemented." Xie Jin nodded happily.

"Tomorrow I will have the cabinet discuss the extension and pass down the decree as soon as possible."

In fact, this year's spring examination has ended, and the palace examination should be arranged as soon as possible. Maybe we can meet some surprising talents.

"As long as Your Majesty thinks it's useful," Ye Qingzhi said with a smile, "I feel like I've almost exhausted all the knowledge I had before. When I'm no longer useful, Your Majesty, please don't despise me."

"If I despise you, I am not a heartless person, but a rat who betrays his teacher and ancestors." Xie Jin pretended to be serious and said, "I am the Son of Heaven, I cannot be a beast."

Ye Qingzhi,...

Well...well said!

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The next day.

When Ye Qingzhi went to Prince Su's Mansion to visit her mother, she found the servants in the mansion busy packing luggage.

"Mom, are you moving?" Ye Qingzhi asked Mu Nianqiu with a smile, "Just take the things you need on the road, there's no need for so many."

"Not only will my two children and I go, but several concubines and their daughters will also have to return to the border.

Their families were all there, and they thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so they all wanted to go back and take a look.”

Mu Nianqiu smiled and explained.