Wang Sheng was noncommittal, and said: "Bring me the roster of officials in this government, and those who don't come today will be crossed out directly on the roster." ”

At this time, Lu Xiangming didn't dare to say anything more, honestly took the roster, looked for the list of today's and future personnel on it, and then drew a line on the side to indicate it, but he vaguely felt in his heart that today's matter was probably not over, and the new prefect must have other actions.

And just when Lu Xiangming drew the list, Wang Sheng was present again: "Our origins, everyone probably knows, we are not from the imperial court in the first place, so our rules are very different from the previous ones of the imperial court." You are all people who have been on errands in Jinan Mansion for many years, and we also know some of the previous rules of the imperial court, such as bullying others, cheating, eating and taking cards, and harshly withholding and looting, you have probably done a lot of things before, and the situation in all parts of this Qing Dynasty is similar, but in our place, these things are absolutely not allowed. ”

Everyone is quietly listening to Wang Sheng's words, although on the surface they are all pretending to be respectful, but the thoughts in their hearts are different, just now Wang Sheng directly removed the names of today's future officials, which has indeed caused a lot of impact on everyone, some people have already understood that this overseas Chinese is probably not good; some people do not think so, thinking that don't look at Wang Sheng's sonorous voice now, and when he really starts to govern, he will know how great the energy of these people who have been removed by him is, and they will not be able to do anything at that time, just wait to see the jokes of overseas Chinese; and some people think that the salary given by the imperial court is only a little, and it is good to be able to pay half of it a yearIf you are not allowed to eat and take cards, and you are harsh and scavenged, do you want us people to drink the northwest wind?

Wang Sheng said again: "In the past, how much salary the imperial court gave you, we also know, to be honest, it is really not high, and it can't be paid all, and it is not enough to support your family. We can understand that working under us will definitely ensure that your salary will be higher than the original, and you will never be treated badly, but it cannot be compared with the money looted, but we can not care about what you did before, but from today onwards, we have taken over Shandong, and all the previous rules will be changed, and we must follow our rules, and when the time comes, someone will naturally teach you, and we have those rules. In addition, if you are willing to work under us, you can stay, and if you don't want to do it, you can resign and leave, but if you stay and do it, it is a violation of yang and yin, one set in front of you and one behind the other, don't blame us for being polite. ”

It turned out that before Wang Sheng took office, there were two opinions in the East China Government on how to deal with the officials of Jinan, one was that the East China Government lacked experience in governing such large cities as Jinan, after all, the places taken over by the East China Government in the past, except for Tianjin and Beijing, were all small cities such as county seats, and Tianjin and Beijing were all captured by force, and the original administrative organization in the city had been destroyed, so it was possible to carry out military management for a period of time, which bought time for the traversers to re-establish their own administrative organization; Weihai is basically the same pattern; while the three counties of Jiaozhou, Gaomi, and Jimo first control the surrounding rural areas and then take over the county seats, and the scale of the county towns is not large, so it is not difficult to re-establish their own administrative organizations; only Jinan is the first big city to be taken over by the East China Government through peaceful handover; not only is the city large, but the original administrative organization in the city is still established and is running well, and it is easy to cause chaos if it is rashly destroyed and rebuilt.

However, the original officials in Jinan were familiar with the local situation and the previous mode of operation, and had a certain amount of administrative experience; if they were left unchecked and completely started from scratch, it would be too wasteful of resources, so it would be better to incorporate them into their own administrative management system, which would not only save manpower, but also be conducive to the smooth transition of re-establishing their own administrative organization.

Another opinion is that the bureaucratic system of the Qing court has rotted from the roots, and that almost all of these officials are experts at exploiting the people. The name is clever, full of tricks, and they are intertwined with each other, forming a huge network of relations, among which there are many people in Jinan Mansion are notorious, and the people's grievances are extremely high, once they are included in their own administrative management system, it is not only easy to create an impression that the East China government and the Qing court are no different from the common people, but also easy to be hollowed out by this group of people, continue to control the grassroots, and at that time they continue to loot and exploit the people, but the result is that the East China government will pay for it, so it is better to clean up this group of officials thoroughly, at most it is not much to raise them, and it must start from scratch and re-establish their own administrative management systemAlthough it will cause a certain amount of chaos in a short period of time, it can reduce a lot of troubles.

In the end, the Executive Yuan decided to discuss the following principles: The use of the Qing court's grass-roots officials with reservations, and the immediate eradication of a small number of notorious officials with extremely high public grievances were to be eliminated without mercy. If they are willing to work under the system of the East China government, they need to undergo training and education before they can officially take up their posts, but they can only start from the grassroots level, but the standard of salary and treatment is the same as that of other subordinate people working in the East China government, and they also have the opportunity to be promoted; those who do not want to work in the new government are not forced, and they can retain their original official posts in the name of the government, but they have no privileges, and their salaries are paid by the East China government, but they are implemented according to the standards of the Qing court, and they have no chance to make extra money。

At this time, Lu Xiangming had finished outlining the list of future personnel and handed over the roster to Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng opened the roster, took a look, and said, "Li Shan, Wei Jiao, Yao Huowu, and Qin Youqi listen to orders." ”

The four people named by Wang Sheng are all the leaders of the errand squad in charge of the prison, and they usually do the work of detention and arrest. ”

Wang Sheng said: "The four of you will lead the messengers to arrest Cai Yi, Yang Huaiyuan, Feng Siping, and Liu Jinfeng to see me immediately." ”

When the four of them heard this, they couldn't help but be startled, Lu Xiangming beside Wang Sheng also made a snort, and the others were all disgraced. Cai Yi's post was governor, who was responsible for collecting grain taxes from Jinan Prefecture and levying and transferring conscripted labor; Yang Huaiyuan's post was Zhaomo, who was responsible for taking charge of the files, auditing, and supervising the lower-level local officials in Jinan Prefecture; and Feng Siping's post was that of the prison secretary, who was responsible for arresting thieves and maintaining public order; and Liu Jinfeng's post was responsible for deciding lawsuits and inspecting prisoners.

Although the official positions of these four people are not high, the highest Cai Yi is only the ninth grade, and the other three are only from the ninth grade, but the affairs in charge are all important affairs at the grassroots level, and these four people have been operating in Jinan Mansion for many years, in this position for more than 10 years, at least two generations, not only control the actual power of the grassroots, but also through marriage, In Jinan Prefecture, they are all famous figures, and even the prefect must be very polite when he sees them, and the local officials in the counties and towns directly under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture have to spend money every year to deal with them, and every time they come to Jinan Mansion on business, they must first hand over gifts and then go to see the prefect.

These four people not only amassed a lot of wealth, but also accumulated a large amount of land, so they were naturally extremely dissatisfied with the land reform of the traverser, this time Wang Sheng sat in the court for the first time, the main officials did not come, it was mainly planned by the four of them, and they planned to force the traverser to give up the land reform with an uncooperative attitude.

Everyone originally thought that Wang Sheng was ruthless enough to remove these four people, but they didn't expect that there would be even more ruthless in the back, and they would even arrest these four people in the lobby, but are these four people so easy to catch?

Li Shan took a step forward and said, "Excuse me, I don't know why the adults want to arrest them." ”

Wang Sheng sneered and said, "Do I need to explain my order to you?"

Li Shan hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The villain doesn't dare." ”

Wang Sheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, today I will let you understand clearly, according to my investigation, Cai Yi, Yang Huaiyuan, Feng Siping, and Liu Jinfeng usually rely on the power of the cane, engage in personal fraud, corruption, oppress the good, and disregard people's lives. ”

After everyone heard this, they couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, this overseas Chinese is really ruthless, and they even plan to really poison them, many people's hearts are "banging", even Lu Mingxiang wiped a cold sweat, it seems that something big is really going to happen today.

Li Shan also hurriedly said: "Yes, the villains will go immediately." ”

Wang Sheng said: "Wait. ”

Li Shan was stunned for a moment and said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Wang Shengdao: "These four people can also be regarded as the number one person in Jinan Mansion, let you arrest them, I don't know if you can do it, if you can't do it, make it clear as soon as possible, I will send someone else to do it, so as not to make a mistake." ”

Li Shan hesitated for a moment before he said, "Please rest assured, just leave this matter to the villain, and it must be handled for the adult?" He turned to the other three and said, "Do you say yes?" ”

The other three also hurriedly chimed in: "Yes, yes, we will definitely arrest people." ”

Wang Sheng nodded and said, "Okay, this is what you said yourself, if Gao has caught someone, I will be rewarded, if you can't catch someone, don't blame me for being unkind, go." ”

Several people hurriedly turned around and went out and left the prefect's yamen. But Lu Mingxiang secretly sighed in his heart, knowing that these people were only afraid that they would be more than lucky.

And at this moment, I only heard Wang Sheng say again: "Lu Tong judged." ”

Lu Mingxiang's heart sank, and he hurriedly said, "The lower official is here." ”