Beiyang new warlord

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"What happened? Why? The military salary has not been collected yet?"

"Returning to my lord, there is nothing I can do about it! Songjiang, Jiading, Fushan, Taizhou and other 27 prefects and county magistrates suddenly left with crowns, leaving an empty county. Xiaguan has fought back and forth in the north and south of the Yangtze River, but he really can't compete for food!"

"Such a pair of magistrates abandon their posts!!! Could it be that Ruan Dacheng's stumbling block again?"

It's true that Shi Kefa is a good official and loyal minister, but his head is also stuck in the current situation. His first impression is still about party struggle and party struggle. After hesitating, he snorted again with a gloomy expression.

"It's reasonable for the governor to go to this matter, and you should hurry up to collect food! On the fifteenth of this month, if you don't see the army rations for the second half of the year, the governor will punish you!"

Seeing Shi Kefa leaving with a gloomy expression, Director Li couldn't help trembling again, it's really called the present report, the words he used to threaten Songjiang County a few days ago fell on him again intact body.

Rubbing the big bag that was smashed out by the Huang Degong soldier who had just made a fuss on his forehead, he watched Shi Kefa go away, gritted his teeth fiercely, and returned to the military capital camp. At home, I packed my things all night, and the next day came and fled with a crown.

The entire Jiangnan officialdom was in a mess, and Shi Kefa, who looked at another vacant official position and was full of depression, didn't expect that something happened to a few little masters that they usually didn't notice.

When Shi Kefa was depressed, those masters who were the culprits landed one after another in Dezhou or Dengzhou, Shandong.

Songjiang is close to the sea. In the past few years, under Mao Jue's help, the sea transportation of Daming has become much more convenient, and it has become more and more developed. Songjiang master Zhao Jin went north, and he also chose to cross the sea and landed in Dengzhou.

Mao Jue is really like the God of Wealth, the places he touches will become prosperous, and this Dengzhou is similar. When the Dongjiang crossed the sea in the fifth year of Chongzhen, the vicinity of Dengzhou was almost turned into an empty city, but at this time, The huge port is crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, leaning against the cement-built, flat harbor, stacked sea ships one after another, and even on the streets, it is not uncommon for foreigners with big noses and white skin to appear everywhere. , copying a weird Nanjing mandarin, haggling in front of the stall angrily.

It's just that Zhao Jin is not in the mood to watch the excitement at this time. To be honest, he regrets it now.

As soon as my head got hot, I packed up my clothes and took my family and ran away, but it was only when I got on the boat that my head cooled down.

Give it to the officer when you come?How can there be such a good thing in the world?Pie in the sky?

But if he left without saying goodbye, he broke the rules of the teacher's business. In the future, no intermediary family like the Zeng family would recommend him to be an accountant in an official's house.

While thinking about it, he led his wife and children off the boat. Zhao Jin kept his head down and thought about it all the way. What if Liu Botao fooled him? What if he turned his face?They are all second in Jinke! Besides, it's useless to get angry! If it doesn't work, I have to ask him to be a guarantor, and then seek a job in the capital.

But just when Zhao Jin was in a trance, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he staggered back a step. Immediately, cold sweat broke out on his back. The two men who were 1.8 meters tall and wearing soap robes of guards were like a pair. Blocking the wall in front of him like that, with his arms folded and his head tilted, he stared at him with an unfriendly look, and immediately stared at him heart-wrenchingly.

"You two gentlemen, who are you?"

"Stop talking nonsense, are you from Jiangnan? Did you receive a letter from the No. [-] master?"

"It's Xiao Ke, I don't know"

"That's right, it's you I'm looking for!"

"Hey, what is this, what is this?"

Two arms were held up, Zhao Jin was carried away like a bucket, and he screamed in fright. Behind him, his mother-in-law led the two children with their little feet tight, shouting and hurried over , but the people in this port seem to be used to it, not to mention reporting to the officials to stop them, they don't even look at the same thing more.

Bang Dang was thrown heavily onto the carriage, followed by his wife Cui Er and Niang Saner who were also stuffed in. There were already three or four families stuffed into the carriage. It is estimated that he was from a poor master like him, and dragged his family along. A total of thirteen people headed north, packed a carriage tightly, glanced out a few times tremblingly, and clasped their fists, Zhao Jin asked sadly.

"Several fellows from the same village, could it be that we have been victimized by thieves?"

"Oh~ who knows!"

At this end, a few scholars wanted to exchange a few more words, but unexpectedly, the whip cracked a few times, and the entire carriage rushed out like a bullet.With Zhao Jin's terrified expression, he left the bustling port after a few turns and plunged into the land of Shandong.

There is a joke in later generations, a man from the Northeast quarreled with a man from Shanghai, and the quarrel was so angry that the man from the Northeast was about to fight, but the man from Shanghai waved his hands sadly: "Brother, you had a good quarrel, what are you doing!"

He worked as a teacher in Songjiang, the predecessor of Shanghai, for several years. This Zhao Jin seemed to have inherited the temperament of the little man in Shanghai to the fullest, and he didn't dare to ask, so he just ran along the carriage for most of the day.

In the end, with seven turns and eight turns, the carriage ran into the big city again.

Jinan!

Chapter 6 Seven. Preparation

This group of masters went north to become officials, and Mao Jue made it look like a pyramid scheme.First, Liu Botao wooed his old acquaintances from his hometown, and then these fellows who became local officials in Shandong wrote letters to woo their fellow villagers again. Relatives lead relatives, fellow villagers lead fellow villagers. Talents were attracted to the north, which greatly eased Mao Jue's official shortage.

Although the examinations for the Shandong and Hebei prefectures are simple, they can also distinguish the capable from the mediocre in the shortest possible time, and appoint these traditional old officials who are different from the imperial examinations. The officialdom has brought a breath of fresh air. The old Ming magistrates enjoyed a pot of tea and a song, and the days of comfortable parents and officials are completely gone under Mao Jue!

And seizing this opportunity, Mao Jue also made an extraordinarily large reform in terms of local rights. He completely divided the rights.

As far as Tancheng County is concerned, although Zhao Jin has become the county magistrate, he can no longer cover the sky with one hand like the previous county magistrates. Under the county magistrate system, Mao Jue especially assigned the county magistrate Go out and specialize in legal proceedings, instead of being responsible to the Ministry of Household Affairs, you will be responsible to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. There are two subordinate judges who are on the list, ten lawyers, and nine ranks. Judicial power has been divided from the county magistrate. .

County lieutenants are also given special attention, and they are also self-contained in the county government. There are [-] people under their command. They are no longer called government servants, but county police officers. The power was also separated from the county magistrate.

There is also financial power, and the county master has completely become a national official position.

In this era, there is no running water, no gas, and no electricity. Electricity bureaus, gas bureaus, and water conservancy bureaus are still useless. There are Bureau of Commerce, Bureau of Forestry and Bureau of Agriculture.

This is not over yet. In the past dynasties, it is rare to extend the tentacle of power to the village. This time Mao Jue did it too. Below the county level, there are township chiefs, township officials, and township lieutenants. When the Peng uprising was fought a few times and the power of the local wealthy clan was in a slump, Mao Jue wanted to completely control the local power in his own hands.

Originally a county, the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant and master, the simple government of more than a dozen yamen servants was expanded into a large government with all aspects, requiring two to three hundred people, and the county seat registered in the Ming Dynasty was 420 Seven seats. According to this figure, if Mao Jue wanted to rule the Ming Dynasty, only 28 magistrates at the county level would be needed. Even the Song Dynasty, which was famous for its high-ranking officials, was not so terrifying.

However, this value will only be reached after Mao Jue unifies the whole country. For the current only two provinces plus Liaodong, tens of thousands of people are enough, and it is different from the Northern Song Dynasty. You have to do real things in local real jobs. Although it has brought some financial pressure, it is still not worth mentioning the losses caused by the rampant and illegal embezzlement of state assets by those wealthy families in the local villages! It's all earned!

In order to build this shelf, Mao Jue also issued rewards to businessmen traveling from north to south. Every time an experienced master was introduced, a certain amount of tax reduction would be given. Lin Dang and some ancient antiques were all sent out in the name of sending money for study, and all available forces were completely mobilized by him.

In addition to the reform of the local official system, the imperial examination was also severely beaten by Mao Jue. His Enke this time can be regarded as the last imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty! In the future, the examiners must start with the examiners. For example, the county police chief is vacant. , In several nearby counties, grass-roots clerks recruited, recruited, and the No. 1 exam won this position. If you want to be promoted, you have to continue to take the exam. This is the promotion path for officials at the local level.

As for officials at the national level, there is another level of assessment criteria, but this step has not been implemented by Mao Jue.

However, in comparison, Mao Jue put the focus of the construction of the two provinces on Shandong. After all, most of the forces in the north had been wiped out by him in the battle of Shanhaiguan. The main opponent of Liaodong was still the one guarding the rich area. , Nanming, which is nearly three-fifths of the empire's territory! The first priority of all officials who take office is to check the household registration, and then devote all the human resources that can be mobilized to the construction of the Xulei Railway!

"This official!"

One month under Mao Jue, Zhao Jin lost more than ten catties. Under the scorching sun in July and August, the white and tender skin of the Nanjing sweet-scented osmanthus duck he raised was also tanned into a Beijing roast duck, but it was darker than before. However, he was much more energetic, and he muttered something complaining in his mouth, but immediately he slapped his hands and shouted loudly.

"Hurry up, guys! It's up to us whether we can eat enough this winter. After repairing this iron ladder, it will send a kun carrying food and breathing fire in its nose to deliver food to everyone! Can't you think about it in winter?" Are you hungry?"

"I want it! I want it too much!"

As expected of a master, he has organized many people to work hard in the south of the Yangtze River these years. He has only been in office for a month, and seven to eighty thousand people in ten miles and eight villages have been organized by him. The hammer was pounding and repairing the railway.

Hearing his chanting, a group of people excitedly raised their hands and shouted loudly.

It's just that he also has the same problems as literati. He just finished shouting magnificently to boost morale, and then turned his head and turned his face to do work for the work shed. Come smile.

"Kun! There are really fools who believe it!"

During military training, one of the most frequently sung military songs by instructors with foreign accents is that unity is "mud brewing". The local rule in Shandong is gradually improving, and the power of unity is really revealed. This is Leizhuang, Shanhaiguan There is still a small section of the railway to the capital that has not been completed, and the Shandong section of the railway has already towered over the world in large sections.

Moreover, compared with the labor labor of Ming Dynasty in the past, Mao Jue's road construction this time is indeed good governance, because he used the method used by the United States to deal with the economic crisis in the early years of the year, using work as relief! The difference between giving money and not giving money is enough This year's natural disasters are still so powerful. Except for Denglai Road under the rule of Yu Dacheng in the coastal area, the rest of Shandong is still in a famine. Mao Jue works, and one person is given two stones of coarse grain every month. A bucket of fine grain, although not all of it is rice and white flour, but at least there is no need to starve in winter, and if there is a lot of dry food, it is not impossible to survive until spring plowing next year.

After Shandong began to use work as relief, the value of Li Zicheng's 40 surrendered troops as road construction troops dropped a little bit, and soon, someone came up with his idea.

bang bang bang~

The gong was beating loudly, the construction site was in full swing, and a large group of Liaodong town soldiers kicked forward like a military parade, neatly moving forward like tofu blocks, but it was different from the majesty of the past. Different, this time they are a bit like a shopping mall advertisement for later generations. Everyone has a neck flag like a Japanese warrior on their back, with two characters written in big.

"Recruitment!"