The Hall of Worthies was Great Shang's human resources department. If Zi Shou wanted to reform the official bureaucracy, it would inevitably be his top priority.
Once the Six Ministries were reformed and the number of officials grew, he would never be able to oversee them all himself. His subordinates would surely pick nothing but capable people.
This was Zi Shou's last chance. If he led the heads of the Hall of Worthies astray now, appointing mediocre officials later would become perfectly natural.
As for simply having the Hall of Worthies expose some scandal-forcing sick officials to resign, dismissing officials on trumped-up charges without compensation, or banishing them to Youli to live with Ji Chang for 251 days...
That would not work.
Leaving aside whether such scandals were true, in his previous life, HR had always taken the fall in the end, while the big bosses behind them got off without so much as a scratch. Even if Zi Shou wanted to shoulder the blame, it would not be easy.
After all, he could not casually touch the civil and military officials entitled to attend court without a good reason. At most, he could transfer them to the North Sea. Otherwise, Wen Zhong would come charging in with his whip.
As for the officials who were not qualified to attend court, Zi Shou barely knew a single one. Fei Zhong would be the one carrying out the orders, and Fei Zhong would surely be the one taking the blame.
So it still came down to Zhang Da.
The man had directly promoted two disloyal officials. With judgment that blind, he had tremendous potential.
Fei Zhong had investigated Zhang Da's background and found nothing suspicious. He was a commoner from an impoverished household, through and through.
To cultivate this talent, Zi