Chapter 23 Talent Gathering
If you really review every paper and every question carefully, it will be difficult to work hard these days. However, Tang Shaoyi, who was born in the United States, came up with an advanced and fast method after a little consideration.
Taking the foreign liberal arts examination as an example, Tang Shaoyi advocated looking at the paper first regardless of the content. If the paper is sparse and small in number of words, or is repeatedly painted and blurred, it is mostly because the knowledge is not done well. Because the foreign liberal arts examination questions are exactly the same as the Chinese liberal arts examination questions, it is nothing more than just expressing them in foreign words. The five questions that are quite open and answered are given a full two hours to answer. If they are just sent out in just a few words, it is definitely not done by people with real talents and knowledge, nor is it a way to treat them with caution.
Following this idea, the problem of judging time is solved immediately and the speed will also accelerate. Although there is a slight possibility of wrong killing, compared with fighting for time, this is also a price that must be paid.
In addition, in order to speed up the process, Tang Shaoyi also invited Xu Shichang to come forward and invited ministers from various departments to review the papers. On the one hand, it was convenient for local judgments, and on the other hand, it was also an effective supervision of reviewers. He himself set an example and fought with other reviewers at night with the honor of officials and ministers. Seeing that the heads of each department visited the inspection and added the role model of the examiners, it really inspired morale to the reviewers.
If the first test of qualification is a relaxed drama that makes people laugh, then the first test of professional is a serious and noble drama that attracts talents for the country. In the official verdict room, everyone is silent, running quietly, leaving their ratings and opinions on one test paper after another. Don’t underestimate these few numbers and few words. It is likely to determine the future of a candidate in the next 20 years.
Of course, quietness is just the norm, and sometimes it will burst out with knowing laughter and praise. Tang Shaoyi clearly stipulates that any unanimously recognized by the marking group of each subject as an excellent answer or the marking group itself has a large disagreement, it must be discussed and decided by the ministers of each department on the spot.
The door of the conference room was knocked open, and the reviewer of the business marking group respectfully handed over a test paper and said, "Sir, this business marking group is extremely outstanding. The reviewing group unanimously judged it as excellent, and it is not an exaggeration to be ranked first even if it is ranked first."
The cabinet secretary began to read the test paper after receiving it.
"What did you write?" Among the reviewers, Tang Shaoyi was the only one who reviewed the papers in the conference room. While quickly reviewing the test papers in his hand, he raised his ears to pay attention.
"The final strategy of business examination questions: What industry should be the first in China's industrial construction? I once discussed it? The student replied: China's industry should be light and heavy, and mining industries should be carried out at the same time, with light industry as the main, heavy industry as the secondary, and mining industry as the auxiliary. The ratio of the three is more reasonable to 7:2:1. In all light industry, textile, printing and dyeing should be the most important."
"It's interesting. Let's talk about it further..."
"For two thousand years, it has been common for men to farm and weave. The materials used for men and women are probably taken from farmers' homes. Only exquisite silk and high-quality materials are popular in the market. However, in the past 50 years, this situation has changed and changed. Foreigners have repeatedly brought their foreign yarn and sold them to their own country. The sales volume per year has reached tens of millions of taels... Why? For one thing, foreign yarn and foreign cloth are light and sturdy, and their inner quality is far better than the local yarn and local cloth. Secondly, the price is low. For the same piece of silk cloth, foreign goods are only two-thirds of the price of local goods; thirdly, the production is fast. Chinese local goods are commonly used by hand-crank spinning wheels. Even if it works hard for a day and night, the results are limited. However, once the foreign machine is opened, spinning and weaving cloth are specialized in the spinning and weaving cloth, which can be used by thousands of people in one day and night..."
"The truth is right, I wonder what kind of tricks are there?" After all, reading aloud was too slow, and the Minister of Industry and Commerce Zhou Xuexi couldn't wait to take the exam paper and read it.
...The industry and commerce are numerous, but why do people only value textiles? First, textiles are related to the clothes of 400 million compatriots. People cannot wear clothes for a day. This is a vast market and marketing is a way to save profits; second, compared with iron smelting and shipbuilding, the machines used are not unfathomable, easier to master, and relatively easy to imitate; third, textiles require a large amount of labor, and my country has a large population, and there is no shortage of workers, and the wages are extremely low than those in other countries. Textiles can solve the problems of refugees and unemployment after the prosperity of the textiles; fourth, textiles have a low starting point, and there is little capital demand, suitable for commercial offices, and have very fast results; fifth, textiles have no special requirements for climate and are not strict in site requirements. From south to north, almost everywhere can be built, without the difficulty of promotion...
Thousands of words will not only bring out the advantages of developing textiles in China, but also clearly describe how to imitate and how to start, with arguments and evidence, destruction and establishment. It is indeed a good article.
Zhou Xuexi praised him and hurriedly handed the test paper to the other officials for circulating it.
"Okay!" Tang Shaoyi was the last one to see him. After reading it twice, he put his pen down and shouted loudly.
Not only did the head and examiner of the department applaud, but the rest of the people were also cheering. Tang Shaoyi picked up the blue pen and wrote the word "optimal" - the queen's new mourning, and she would not use red words to treat her in blue on the 27th.
According to internal procedures, once the test paper is marked with the word "optimal", there is hope of competing for the third grade of the subject.
As the head of the department, Zhou Xuexi read it twice after attaching the opinions of the department. The more he read it, the more he liked it, and he wanted to know who this person was immediately. However, according to the examination rules, in order to prevent the examiner from committing favoritism and fraud, the personal information such as the candidates were all bound, and they could not be disassembled until the final review of the paper was completed and made public.
Seeing Zhou Xuexi loves so much, he is eager to find out but is unwilling to break the rules, Wang Zhao, the assistant minister of the official department, smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, don't have to worry, the lower officials know the origin of this life."
Wang Zhao was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Justice as Zhou Xuexi was promoted to the Minister of Industry and Commerce. In terms of qualifications alone, he was originally the head of the Ministry of Personnel, but he was just a small official from the sixth rank. But his experience and experience were more special than Zhou Xuexi, so why did he
At this appointment, it was still related to the reform of the reform eleven years ago. Wang Zhao, who was the head of the sixth rank, touched Guangxu with a letter, and caused the incident of the Six Halls of the Ministry of Personnel. It directly aggravated and worsened the confrontation between the Imperial Party and the Later Party. It can be regarded as a key witness to history. It is regarded by the world as representatives of the reform of the reform.
After Wuxu, Wang Zhao was obsessed with Japan and was determined to maintain the royal family. Although he had not regretted it for ten years, he jumped to become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice after returning to China.
"This person is Feng Qinggui, who graduated from Cornell University in Citigroup last year and received his doctorate degree. His doctoral thesis is "On the American Cotton Mills and Chinese Imitation Measures". After returning to China, he went to the Study Tour Office to report, and I paid attention to it at that time."
"I see."
Zhou Xuexi originally thought that Wang Zhao's appointment was just from the emperor's memories of the old events and his old subordinates in the year of Xuxu. Now it seems that Wang Zhao has some experience in hiring people.
This night was destined to be a brilliant night for the Business Science and Technology University. Feng Qinggui's test papers had just been reviewed, and the business review team happily sent two test papers. They said, "These two people also have the hope of being the best of the three."
After reading it, Wang Zhaoxiu told everyone happily: "Sir, I know these two again. I guess they know them too..."
It’s awesome... Wang Zhao’s memory!
"One of these two people is Chen Jintao. Now the Ministry of Finance is still in charge of the Currency Department, graduated from Yale University in Citigroup with a doctorate degree. His paper is "Theory of Social Transfer of Currency". Isn't this currency reform topic easy to win?"
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Wang Zhao then picked up another volume and said, "The other person is Chen Huanzhang..."
As soon as he said his name, Tang Shaoyi shouted: "I know this person, I know!"
Seeing everyone's confused appearance, Tang Shaoyi quickly explained: "This time I returned from my visit to the United States, this person was on the same boat as me. It is rare that he was still an alumnus of Columbia University. He also graduated with a doctorate. Although the topic was a bit strange, it was very consistent with the reality of his country, and it was called "Confucian Financial Management".
It turned out that these two people were under the name of the Ministry of Finance. After reading it, everyone hurriedly congratulated the Minister of Finance Zai Ze: "Mr. Ze is really full of talents!"
After saying this, Zai Ze's face added a little glory. After taking the test paper and checking it carefully, his originally slightly tired expression was swept away.
"I am such a top student and familiar with Lord Tang, why don't I recommend one or two? I can arrange it here too." Zai Ze said, "Chen Jintao returned to China early, and I am also familiar with it. I was thinking about using it more, and I happened to have a chance this time. This Chen Huanzhang..."
Tang Shaoyi was a little surprised: "I wrote him a letter of recommendation and told him to report to the Ministry of Finance after returning to China, why did Duke Dize not receive it?"
"No." Zai Ze sighed, "Fortunately he returned from studying abroad. I thought I had to experience it, so I let him go to follow Xiong Xiling to inspect the salt administration in Zhili..."
"Fortunately, okay, Bingsan is also a talented person and will not treat him badly." Tang Shaoyi picked up his pen and wrote a comment with the word "optimal" without hesitation - three test papers, one from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, two from the Ministry of Finance, are both top students studying in the United States. This year's business department is full of talents.
While everyone was admiring, the business reviewer suddenly came again, holding the test paper in his hand, his expression on his face was a little awkward, but it seemed as if he had something to say.
"What's the matter?" It happened that the test paper in Tang Shaoyi's hand had been reviewed. Seeing that the reviewer's face was different, he summoned him in to ask alone.
"The business team found another excellent test paper and also had the best of the top three. However, I have already submitted three before. I'm afraid that you will think we are too many and too overeat. I wanted to evaluate the "excellent" issue, but I'm afraid that there will be no talents, so I gritted my teeth and brought it..."
"What?" Tang Shaoyi pondered for a moment, "Take it and see it."
This test paper has different views on the policy of industrial construction, and believes that the construction of railways should be the first priority for the construction of railways. It believes that the construction of railways can improve transportation, reduce commercial circulation costs, and reduce circulation time; it can absorb the work of many poor people and solve the employment problem; it will inevitably bring about the development of steel and manufacturing industries, and "one of the expenses, the fifth of the income" - that is, at least five times the driving effect...
After reading the news, the Minister of Transportation, Liang Shi was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I didn't expect that my Ministry of Transportation has such a capable person. How wonderful, how wonderful... Lord Wang, who is this?"
Wang Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "I can't see this person, but it's like Wang Jingchun, who graduated from the University of Illinois in Citigroup, and his doctoral thesis titled "British Railway Finance."
It was Tang Shaoyi who wrote a comment. He originally thought it was "optimal", but when he picked up his pen, he suddenly thought that the three A and three A were three, as the name suggests, there are three people. Now there are three people. If one more person is added, wouldn't it be difficult to make a choice at that time?
Seeing Tang Shaoyi reluctant to leave after picking up the pen, Liang Shi was anxious and shouted: "Mr. Tang, Mr. Ze, Mr. Zhou, I have no objection to all the three best reviews you just reviewed, but the candidate's answers are also first-class, and compared with the three, you must not be stingy with the word "optimal".
As soon as these words were spoken, Zai Ze and Zhou Xuexi laughed, and the rest of them couldn't help laughing.
Wang Zhao joked: "Mr. Liang, this candidate is not old with you, and he has never been close to you. Why are he so nervous..."
"Is it okay for me to fight for it?" Liang Shi held the test paper firmly, as if he was holding a priceless treasure. "I think this test paper is the best. If I refuse, I will not accept the lawsuit in the future even if I fight with the emperor!"
Liang Shi was actually a tough person. He was the top scorer in the Economic Special Division back then, but he lost the title because Liang Tou Kangzu in his name angered Cixi's taboo. Later, if Yuan Shikai had not promoted him vigorously, he would not have achieved what he has today. Therefore, he was extremely sensitive to examination assessment and did not want talented people to be wronged, otherwise it would be difficult to promote him in the future.
Chapter completed!