Daming heir

Thirty years of Hongwu.

Daming seemed to become a stranger to everyone overnight.

In the sky of Yingtian Mansion, it is rare to see the blue sky in the past. The gray sky fell layer by layer, turning into white tax money in the treasury of Yingtian Mansion.

The Zhili Governor's Office is in full swing taking over power from the [-]th Prefecture of South Zhili. The mature industrialization reforms accumulated by Yingtian Prefecture are also sweeping away from the capital to the [-]th Prefecture of South Zhili.

The cement road starting from the capital is getting longer and longer, and has begun to form a dense road network in the [-]th Prefecture of South Zhili.

The Ministry of Industry is ambitiously planning an unprecedented project.

Under the leadership of Zhang Ergong, Minister of Industry, they want to build a bridge across the natural moat of the Yangtze River that has been flowing for hundreds of millions of years to allow people to walk on flat ground.

Technically, the River Governor's Office has accumulated a lot of experience for the Ministry of Works.

The water reduction dams on the upper reaches of the Yellow River have basically been built. After the beginning of the new year, Pan Deshan, the governor-general of the river, sent the imperial court from Luoyang City a summary of the experience of the river water conservancy road system for five cars.

The white silver and the brilliant gold were mined and transported back from the four places of Yingzhou and the southern regions, and turned into money and food for employing people to work in the hands of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Taiping Prefecture, to the west of Yingtian Prefecture, is building a huge steel industry cluster. With the Yangtze River as a link, steel raw materials and original steel parts produced in the upper reaches are continuously transported to Taiping Prefecture.

The output of large steel structures such as heavy artillery and steam engines required by the imperial court is increasing day by day.

The raw material requirements for the new armored steam warship issued by Longjiang Shipyard have also been delivered to the Taipingfu Steel Industry Cluster.

Rivets as thick as an adult's wrist were forged in batches and sent across the railway connecting Taiping Prefecture to Yingtian City before being transported to the Longjiang Shipyard.

With the help of the water hammer driven by the river, it was lifted up all day and all night, and then dropped heavily, forging each piece of steel to the standards set by the craftsmen.

Once these steel sheets are forged by water hammer, they will be sent directly to the Longjiang Shipyard via river ships.

The people of Southern Zhili no longer only pursue working in government-run workshops.

Because the Zhili Governor's Office issued a brand new new policy order.

Starting from September [-], the [-]th year of Hongwu, all people working in the [-]th Prefecture of Nanzhili will receive a guarantee called pension insurance.

This guarantee naturally has limitations and requirements.

People need to completely break away from farming and work in government or private workshops during the day for at least [-] days every month.

After meeting the requirements, these people need to work in the workshop continuously or for a total of twenty years before they can start receiving protection.

The money is not much. According to the preliminary plan of the Zhili Governor's Yamen, he can probably receive a guarantee of [-] yuan per month.

This amount of money will be paid entirely by the workshops where the people work, and will be collected by the tax divisions of the Southern Zhili Internal Revenue Service, and transferred to the Ming Dynasty Bank for overall planning and investment in various local commercial investments.

After experiencing Zou Xueyu's last destruction, the merchants in South Zhili were completely ruined.

If they move from Nanzhili at this time, they may be severely levied another unknown tax by the government.

As long as they pay a hundred cash pension insurance to those workers every month, they will not lose money after all calculations. In addition to honestly starting to implement the administrative orders of the Governor's Yamen, these people also began to think about what to do. Escape this rule.

Starting from southern Zhili, the Ming Dynasty is gradually becoming something that people could not understand and imagine in the past.

While Zou Xueyu was working hard to implement various reforms in Southern Zhili, the assessment of government officials at all levels below the Governor's Office in Zhili, which had been decided long ago, was finally put on the agenda.

According to Governor Zou, the tenth day of August is a good day, and the entire Nanzhili Prefecture and County Government, including the Transportation Department, the Lianghuai Supervisory Salt Transportation Department, and the Water Transportation Department, need to participate in the assessment.

For this reason, several transshipment departments in southern Zhili jointly signed a petition to the cabinet to supervise the salt transshipment department and the water transportation department to oppose such unreasonable demands of the Zhili Governor's Yamen.

They have good reasons.

These yamen have always been under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The establishment of various transshipment departments was for the imperial court to allocate money and grain. The Lianghuai Supervisory Salt Transfer Department is related to the Lianghuai area, with a business worth millions of taels of salt every year. And water transportation firmly maintained the grain and grass supplies in the north of the empire.

In the past, these yamen were either managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs or directly appointed by the emperor.

Now Zou Xueyu decided to include all the officials in these yamen into the evaluation of officials in Nanzhili.

Naturally, these yamen opposed it with one voice.

It was just that the memorial was sent to the cabinet and was quickly beaten back.

It also left a joint note from the first and second assistants of the cabinet, requiring these yamen chiefs to remember the authority given by the emperor when the Zhili Governor's yamen was established.

What are the powers of the Zhili Governor’s Office?

At this time, people finally began to rummage through the piles of old imperial documents.

Finally they got the answer.

All military and civilian personnel within the territory of Nanzhili are under the jurisdiction of the Zhili Governor's Yamen.

This makes no sense.

Unless these yamen can move away from the territory of Nanzhili.

But after thinking about it, they felt that they probably didn't have the guts to move the imperial government offices away.

Don't say you moved.

Even if they move a brick in the yamen, as long as the Southern Zhili Inspection Censor finds out about it, they will be impeached.

a time.

Zou Xueyu is the god of Nanzhili.

Such words gradually emerged in the local area and began to spread to Yingtian City.

But even such slanderous remarks could not stop Zou Xueyu's determination to open a civil servant examination in the [-]th Prefecture of Zhili Road.

Soon, on the tenth day of August in the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the assessment day for Zhili Taoist officials set by Zou Xueyu came as scheduled.

Zou Xueyu rushed from the Governor's Yamen to Gongyuan next to Yingtianfu School early in the morning.

All the officials in the eight counties of Yingtian Prefecture will take part in the first official evaluation since the founding of the Ming Dynasty in the Gongyuan today.

Zou Xueyu, dressed in a red robe, led officials from the Governor's Office and Yingtian Mansion, Shangyuan County, and Jiangning County to stand at the gate of Gongyuan.

Many days have passed since Zou Xueyu took office as the Governor-General of Zhili.

As an official, there has always been a saying that one's power is increasing day by day.

Nowadays, Zou Xueyu just stands here without saying a word, and no one of the officials behind him dares to speak, and they have to be careful even when they move.

But Zou Xueyu was in a good mood today.

At least in Yingtian Mansion, where he had been an official for more than a year, all the officials in the eight counties rushed to Gongyuan as required.

At this moment, the fence in front of the Gongyuan has been opened by the guards.

The Yingtian Mansion officials who had gathered outside the Gongyuan early in the morning were queuing up to undergo inspection and verification before queuing up to enter the Gongyuan.

When these people saw that Governor Zou was actually present at the scene, they all looked condensed and let out a sigh of relief that they had obeyed the orders from above and came to Gongyuan for reference.

Regardless of what exactly this assessment will test or whether some people will be eliminated, you must at least come here.

Otherwise, you will become the one who stands out from the crowd.

When the Governor turned around and made a fuss, the first thing he thought of was the stupid crane.

"Subordinates, please see the governor's platform." An official named Ying Tianfu walked up the steps, bowed to Zou Xueyu, and then walked into the Gongyuan with a bamboo basket and a schoolbag on his back.

Zou Xueyu nodded in response and looked sideways at Yingtian Magistrate Yu Dalian beside him.

"I very much hope that these people who are referred today can pass the examination."

Yu Dalian also had a smile on his face, and when he saw the governor speaking, he replied: "There are a total of [-] officials in Yingtian Prefecture and eight counties, and they are all here for reference today. I hope that I can pass this assessment." , weed out these people who used to only cheat and neglect their duties."

This is the real purpose of the evaluation of officials in the [-]th Prefecture of South Zhili.

As the number one agent of Zou Xueyu, the governor-general of Zhili Province, Yu Dalian naturally knew the governor's thoughts.

Zou Xueyu just smiled and said: "I am not a harsh person. No matter what their family background is, as long as they can shoulder the responsibility, do well in the errands assigned by the court and the Yamen, and do not practice favoritism or malpractice, I will hire them."

At this time, Yu Dalian just smiled implicitly and stopped talking.

It may be difficult to expect local officials to be self-restrained and law-abiding.

If these people can do their job well and obey orders, it is already a matter of great importance.

Yu Dalian's heart was actually the same as what he had just said in reply to Zou Xueyu.

The imperial court established six offices for officials, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and labor in the prefecture and county yamen, which gave them the same expectations as the six ministries.

But often when they get to the local level, most of these government officials are not selected based on their ability, but based on their local reputation and power.

As a Yu Dalian who worked his way from the local government to the position of prefect of Yingtian, he knew very well what kind of problems existed in the local government offices.

When a court official is awarded the official seal by the imperial court, the first thing he does when he takes office is not to understand the local people's livelihood, nor to do anything to improve the people's livelihood.

Instead, they should understand the relationship between the officials in their own yamen, and try to win over or divide and suppress these old officials who have been working in the yamen.

After thinking for a long time, Yu Dalian finally said what he had hidden in his heart for many years.

"Dutai, actually, I have something that I have been thinking about for a long time. I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

"Oh?" Zou Xueyu raised his brows. Seeing that the last Yingtian Mansion official had walked into the Gongyuan, he turned back to look at Yu Dalian: "Of course, if it is a good thing, it will be discussed in the governor's office when the time comes."

Yu Dalian took a few deep breaths, seeming to cheer himself up.

Under the gaze of Zou Xueyu, and under the curious eyes of Yingtian Mansion officials behind him.

Yu Dalian finally spoke in a low voice: "Since the first year of Hongwu, the imperial court has had rules for selecting local officials to serve as officials in different places, and there is also a special emphasis on the rotation of the evaluation cycle of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so officials are not required to stay in one place for a long time.

The lower official believed that the most numerous officials in the court should also follow this method. All government officials cannot be selected from local families. "

Among the officials appointed and dismissed by the imperial court, not only did the Ming Dynasty insist that a local should not be a local official, but this rule had been followed in previous dynasties.

This is to prevent officials from being inclined to their own families and clans if they serve as local officials, and use their power to seek personal gain for their families.

Zou Xueyu blinked, thinking this was a good idea.

He asked: "Can you give a detailed explanation?"

Yu Dalian nodded: "I have also thought about it for a long time, and I feel that it is not appropriate for the government officials to be selected from all over the country."

After all, officials are not officials. It is impossible for an official to go from Shaanxi Road to Zhili Road to work.

If we really do this, there will probably be only officials left in the Ming Dynasty tomorrow, but no officials.

Yu Dalian said again: "The lower official thinks that it can be important for an official of his own government not to be an official of his own government."

The meaning of his words, if placed in Zhili Road, is that officials from Yingtian Prefecture cannot serve as officials in Yingtian Prefecture, but they can work as officials in the other [-] prefectures.

Officials who were born in Suzhou Prefecture can work in the other [-] prefectures in Zhili Province except Suzhou Prefecture.

"Within one territory and outside the government's territory, officials are appointed in different places."

Zou Xueyu summarized the core thoughts of Yu Dalian's words, and then nodded slowly.

Yu Dalian nodded: "This is exactly what I mean."

Zou Xueyu looked at Yu Dalian with great satisfaction: "You can write a charter later. When the governor's office has agreed upon it, I will personally submit it to the prince."

As soon as he spoke, a smile immediately appeared on Yu Dalian's face.

The Yingtian officials behind him all looked surprised.

If officials are to be appointed in different places, this is really the case. I am afraid that the turmoil caused will be more serious than the current evaluation of officials in South Zhili.

Although the officials in Yingtian Prefecture, one prefecture, and eight counties have already taken reference, everyone knows that outside of Yingtian Prefecture, there may be several government officials in the [-]th Prefecture of Zhili Road who have taken reference.

Not to mention, these old local officials who control the real power of local prefectures and counties should be appointed in other places.

As for the assessment of officials in the [-]th Prefecture of South Zhili and various departments and offices, all aspects were quickly summarized.

"Oh!"

Inside the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Biao, who had just received the summary of information, smashed the document in his hand on the ground angrily.

In front of him were Ren Hengtai, the first assistant of the cabinet, Xie Jin, the second assistant, Gao Yangzhi, the cabinet minister, and Zou Xueyu, the governor-general of Zhili.

Zou Xueyu also held another memorial in his hand.

It was the memorial that he asked Yu Dalian to compile for the appointment of officials in Nanzhili in other places.

It's just that the prince's face is full of anger at the moment.

The four people present also knew it well.

The official evaluation of Nanzhili this time was ugly from the beginning to the final result.

Tomorrow is August [-]th in the [-]th year of Hongwu, but all four of them know that this Mid-Autumn Festival will probably not be a peaceful one.

Sure enough, after Zhu Biao threw away the summary documents, he said angrily: "What do they want to do? Do they really think they are the emperor of the country! Are they forcing me to use the knife?"

These words are a bit strong and rarely come out of the prince's mouth.

Ren Hengtai knelt down tremblingly and picked up the paperwork on the ground.

The chief assistant's face was also very ugly.

In the No. [-] Prefecture of South Zhili, this time's evaluation of government officials, except for Yingtian Prefecture, is the reference for full personnel. In the remaining seventeen mansions, the overall reference number is less than half.

There are endless excuses such as illness, lateness, and business trips.

There was even a bastard from Suzhou Prefecture who started drinking wine from the very first day. He was so drunk that he ran outside the examination room and peed a lot.

Ren Hengtai lowered his head tremblingly and reached out to pat the summary documents.

Zhu Biao looked at the chief assistant coldly.

snorted coldly.

"Ren Ge does not need to persuade Yu Gu, Gu will not tolerate it this time!"

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