Chapter 209: Continuing Education Selection System
The tenth day of May.

Zhou Tieyi punched in at the Golden Palace yawningly, handed in the memorial requesting credit for Hu Wenlang, and then leisurely walked out of the Noon Gate under the gazes of a group of censors who were eager to skin him and eat his flesh.

Getting up early in the morning to go to work is never a happy thing. The second time I came to the Golden Palace, the novelty was greatly reduced.

This was probably because Zhou Tieyi was too combative when he first attended court. He used Dong Xingshu to establish his authority and almost rubbed Simin's face on the ground. He was also good at talking. Therefore, the censors just glared at Zhou Tieyi today. They did not dare to start a war easily before they caught any solid evidence.

He got on his own bicycle and drove down Yujing Mountain towards the Xuanwu City Zhushen Division. When passing by the Beitianmen building sign, Zhou Tieyi bought a bowl of soy milk, fried dough sticks, and two newspapers.

Sitting in the car, Zhou Tieyi read the newspaper and drank soy milk. He finally found some of the feeling of working in his previous life. He picked up the "Xingshi Daily" and took a look at it. Zhou Tieyi was so happy that he put it down.

The censors did not dare to start a war in the court, but they never missed a day in the newspaper. In these four issues, the Confucian and Legalist schools gradually changed from a full-page memorial to the emperor and discussed state affairs to adding not only poetry and novels, but also specially made space for Zhou Tieyi, allowing the writers to criticize the vernacular in various ways and insinuate that he was misleading the people with his evil words.

However, they seemed to have forgotten one thing. In order to enhance the readability of "Awakening News", they added poems and novels. Even the novels of the Loyalty Faction were essentially transformed towards vernacular Chinese and inclined towards the lower classes. This was the choice of the times and the objective law of social development. They just started it well.

Moreover, the contradiction between Confucianism and Legalism is also reflected in this newspaper.

Zhou Tieyi took another careful look. There were loyalists among novelists, but no legalists. In the original article full of memorials and discussions, Confucianism and Legalism could be evenly divided into two sections.

But now with this change, the balance of the discourse power of the Confucianists and Legalists in the "Awakening the World News" has been completely broken. As long as the Confucians carry the banner of attacking themselves, it will be difficult for the Legalists to compete with the Confucians on the pages of the "Awakening the World News".

Is Si Lu Qingkonggui willing?

If there were no other solutions, he would probably just have to accept the matter with a pinch of his nose. But as long as his second uncle Gong Shusheng figured out the template for the steam printing press in a few days, he could continue to fan the flames.

What could be better than destroying the enemy's internal alliances to weaken him?

A newspaper that belongs only to the Legalists, or following the Confucians in scolding me, Zhou Tieyi, in exchange for a reduction in my own voice. I believe that Lord Si Lu will make a wise choice. After all, you, Qingkonggui, are a Legalist, not a Confucian!

The Legalists led to the establishment of newspapers by various schools of thought. A large number of newspapers were put on the market. The first problem to be solved was how to survive. This was not something that could be solved by simply joining forces with the Confucians to criticize me, Zhou Tieyi. In fact, this only concerned the preferences of the people and had nothing to do with me, Zhou Tieyi.

Then the Hundred Schools of Thought would gradually realize that their newspapers could only play a role in educating the people if they took the path of popularization. This would drive the reformists within the Hundred Schools of Thought to turn to the vernacular camp, and then things would become interesting.

Of course, I cannot stop being angry now. Since the other party has cursed me in the newspaper, I, Zhou Tieyi, am not the kind of person who won't fight back. This war of words also has its own audience. People also like to watch the big shots who are usually high and mighty arguing in the newspapers, looking like they are about to have their brains beaten out.

It would be better to create a special supplement with a series of verbal battles. Wouldn't that increase the sales of the newspaper?

Zhou Tieyi wrote down the names of the people who wrote the most weird things in the "Awakening News".

The self-driving car stopped in front of the gate of the God-Slaying Division. Hu Wenlang, Wu Qian and others had been waiting for a long time and followed Zhou Tieyi into the main hall of the God-Slaying Division.

The issue to be discussed today had already been determined five days ago, which was how to establish the Supervisory Office.

Zhou Tieyi drank tea in the main hall for a while. Commander Wei Shaoan, Assistant Commander Gongsun Chou, and Nan Jinsong had already arrived. In addition to the three of them, the director of the Warehouse Court, Jiao Guoping, and the director of the Criminal Court, Hou Lejun, were also present. The main purpose of their visit this time was to prevent Zhou Tieyi's Inspection Court from being too involved.

Zhou Tieyi glanced at everyone's expressions and understood what they were thinking. No one wanted a mother-in-law to fall from the sky above their heads.

Wei Shaoan looked around at the people around him and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start discussing matters."

Zhou Tieyi glanced at Wu Qian who was standing next to him. Wu Qian immediately distributed the prepared documents to all the deans present. On it was a complete set of functional planning for the Inspection Institute that he had compiled.

These include the three most important aspects: accepting petitions from the people, verifying the accuracy of the petitions, contacting various departments to provide solutions, and having independent reporting rights.

Wei Shaoan frowned when he saw just the first item. No superior would be willing to have a subordinate department that could report independently and beyond its authority, especially when this subordinate department also had the power of supervision.

Wei Shaoan frowned, and Nan Jinsong said, "Sir Zhou, there seems to be something wrong with the first one."

Zhou Tieyi was not angry at all. He looked at Nan Jinsong with a smile and said, "What's wrong with that?" What he wanted was power. He wanted to establish his own Inspection Office first and get the support of most factions in the Zhushen Division, rather than coming to the Zhushen Division to oppose the majority of people.

"In the past, all reports needed to be printed by the commander or the deputy commander..."

"How about adding a deputy commander to the seal?"

Zhou Tieyi compromised so quickly that his colleagues who were working with him for the first time were slightly stunned. They couldn't help but take a second look at Zhou Tieyi, who was wearing a dark red official uniform and looked calm and composed. This was unlike the character of you, a ruthless man who dared to provoke Simin in front of the Noon Gate.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and looked at Gongsun Chou. "My Inspection Office is originally a member of the God-Slaying Division. It is only natural for me to accept the internal inspection of the God-Slaying Division. Besides, my two requests for military training were approved by Lord Gongsun..."

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to Gongsun Chou, and in an instant, they thought of many things.

Zhou Tieyi also smiled. After analyzing the information collected by Hu Wenlang in the past few days, he concluded that in the God-Slaying Division, Gongsun Chou, the deputy commander who had climbed up from the bottom of the night patrol, was most likely a staunch "imperial faction", or at least he himself believed that he was firmly on the side of the Great Xia Emperor.

Therefore, when he first arrived at the Zhushen Division, the other party wanted to use him to reorganize the Zhushen Division's officials. However, his original idea was that he and a few small flag officers with good family backgrounds would fight within the Zhushen Division, and then he would rely on his status as a military hero to form cliques and factions, while Mei Juncang and others would rely on their fathers to win over the civil officials.

When the two factions became too aggressive in their fight, he would give each of them fifty lashes of the cane, take back some of the small flags and the power of the general flag, and support the children of poor families to take power.

It was just that he was thinking too much. His sword was much sharper than he expected. Before it even landed on the God-Slaying Division, it had already caused changes in the imperial court.

When he returned to the God-Slaying Division, he was no longer the general commander who could be controlled at will by him as the deputy commander, but an inspector who could supervise him.

Gongsun Chou smiled and said, "We are all working for the God-Slaying Division, all helping His Majesty, and I am also doing my part."

Nan Jinsong glanced at Wei Shaoan. Gongsun Chou jumped out directly. Regardless of whether he was forced by Zhou Tieyi or not, his proposal just now was useless.

As long as Zhou Tieyi can get Gongsun Chou's seal, then it will be completely justifiable in the previous system of the God-Slaying Division. It is impossible that Wei Shaoan must stamp everything. If that happens, Wei Shaoan probably won't have to worry about other things and can just be a human-shaped seal.

Joining forces with Gongsun Chou to block Nan Jinsong's attack, Zhou Tieyi continued, "This people's petition is to investigate the rumors in the world, so naturally, we cannot do without the help of colleagues."

I am helping the Zhushen Division to expand its power externally, not just thinking about internal fighting. Moreover, after I get this power, I will also assign corresponding official positions within the Zhushen Division. This is generally beneficial to the Zhushen Division.

Wei Shaoan thought for a moment and nodded, "That's absolutely true."

This clarifies the first function of the Inspection Office.

Everyone present thought about it for a while, but did not jump out to object, because Zhou Tieyi did not touch their cake, but expanded the authority of the entire Zhushen Division. Even if the benefits promised by Zhou Tieyi have not been fulfilled, at least there is no harm, and they certainly don't need to jump out and be the bad guy.

Everyone's eyes turned to the second one.

"Establish a system of performance appraisal and a system of selection for further study."

Everyone read Zhou Tieyi's so-called performance evaluation system in silence and attentively.

This is mainly divided into three aspects of inspection. The first is internal attendance. In the past, this matter was originally under the charge of the commander-in-chief, but there were too many second-generation rich people in the God-Slaying Division, and the commander-in-chief was only a fourth-rank official, so many of them wanted to be in charge but couldn't. Now that Zhou Tieyi is willing to take on this burden, everyone is happy and at ease.

The second is the internal competition. The Zhushen Division is essentially a combat department, and martial arts value is naturally the first factor that the Zhushen Division needs to consider. In the past, people were promoted because of their family background, but now it is not the case. There is a competition every month, and those who are capable will advance, and those who are incapable will be demoted.

The third is task assessment, which was originally a promotion system within the God-Slaying Division. However, in Tianjing, this system was almost empty.

The biggest reason is that there are no evil gods in Tianjing. At least before the emperor became a Taoist, there had been no news of evil gods in Tianjing for 25 years. The last time there was news of evil gods was when the late emperor was critically ill. This also led to the fact that everyone in the headquarters of Tianjing's God-Slaying Division just lived a life of idleness and waiting to die, relying on their family's connections to get promoted.

Therefore, Zhou Tieyi combined the task assessment with further training and selection. If one wanted to be promoted, one had to go to various prefectures for training first. This was called selection. The outstanding small flags and general flags of the Zhushen Division in various prefectures could also come to Tianjing to study and obtain top-level training resources. This was called further training.

(End of this chapter)