The cold wind was howling through the sky of Seoul, and the snowflakes were falling from the sky, covering all the streets, and under the eaves, strings of ice skates were crystal clear and hung on them, which was very cute. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the palace of the North Korean governor, Choi Mingji is roasting around a stove, and the winter in North Korea is no worse than that from Beijing, and he does not dare to go out at this time.

Next to the stove, there was a small table with some drinking water and a stack of newspapers. It's his favorite thing to do in his free time now, reading the newspaper.

Some time ago, he was too busy, all kinds of government affairs made his feet not touch the ground, and now the heavy snow is closing the road, and he can't do anything, just take a leisure, read the newspaper, and understand the changes in the political situation in Daming today.

Since the departure of Emperor Ming, North Korea has been relatively calm, and even if there are occasional small disturbances, Li Xingli, as a Korean general, can solve them. The prefects and county officials sent from Beijing were quite useful, and although they were a little indifferent to him, they did everything he was ordered to do very well, which saved him a lot of energy.

It is precisely because of this that the first winter after the annexation of Korea was relatively peaceful, and the New Year was greeted peacefully.

"His Majesty the Holy Emperor was intercepted and killed halfway, suspected of the counterattack of the corrupt landlord class. 》

The cement technology auction was a complete success, with a harvest of 33 million taels, all of which will be invested in road construction. 》

"The Holy Emperor cares about the people's livelihood and will invest an additional 20 million taels of silver dollars in road construction. 》

The National Road Construction Plan was officially launched, and officials from the Ministry of Industry went to various places. 》

Lu Xiangsheng, the commander of Shanghai County, said that Shanghai County will be the first to complete road construction. 》

"The Ancestral Hall - How can there be a reason to sacrifice the living! 》

"In front of the emperor, everyone is equal; Everyone is equal before the law. 》

The law, the word of the emperor, is equivalent to the order of the emperor. 》

Hanyu Pinyin - The Gift of Western Priests! 》

A series of thrilling titles, Cui Mingji's blood is boiling when he sees it, and he can't wait to participate in it himself. This is the Ming Dynasty, this is the world, this is the real life!

From this series of reports, Cui Mingji saw something with his own wisdom, the struggle for power and profit within the Ming Dynasty gradually slowed down, and the emperor gradually gained the upper hand.

"I really feel like I'm getting involved right now!" From that passage, he felt a transformative power that fascinated him.

"Your Excellency the Governor, General Lee asks to see you." Just when Cui Mingji was in infinite reverie, Li Xingli came over.

"Let him in." He put down the newspaper and straightened his face. This is his team, and he also wants to bring it to the political situation of the Ming Dynasty, so he must always contact and maintain a relationship.

"Your Excellency the Doge." Li Xingli came over and gave a military salute. Although he did not undergo proper military training, he still tried to imitate the style of the emperor's generals.

"Hmm." Cui Mingji calmly accepted the salute, the other party can have today's status because of his support and guidance, otherwise Li Xingli will be like other North Korean forces and parties, either killed, imprisoned, or disarmed and returned to the field, and become a rich man.

"Well, the whole of North Korea has been stable recently."

"With the city defense army encamping in a county town and stationing down, there will be less chaos in the local area, and those unwilling landlords will basically be strangled and killed." Li Xingli said indifferently, things are often like this, one's own people deal with their own people, and they are even more powerful, just like the green camp when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Japanese puppet army that invaded China.

"That's good, maintaining local stability is our best political achievement." Choi Ming-gil said this, but in his heart he thought that local stability is only the merit of the general, the merit of the governor and even the governor, is the development of the region, and now the biggest development of North Korea is sinicization, complete sinicization.

Banning the use of the Korean language, prohibiting the use of Korean characters, and using all Chinese characters in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, this is the biggest thing for Cui Mingji today, and it is also what the emperor explained when he left.

"Your Excellency the Doge." Li Xingli said with some hesitation, "The day before yesterday, the General Staff of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion sent a notice asking me to go to the Ming Royal Military Academy in Beijing for training, you see ........."

"Are you alone?" Cui Mingji asked, he knew exactly what the other party was thinking, he was afraid that it was a trap or something.

"No, there are a lot of officers, and the captain and all the colonel-level officers are going to the entire North Korean city defense." Li Xingli said honestly.

"Then you're afraid of a fart!" Hearing this, Cui Mingji was really a little helpless, this kind of political sensitivity is really not enough in Daming, so many people have to go, how can it be a trap, if you really want to clean you up, the emperor will not wait until now.

"What is the first of the three disciplines and the eight points of attention?" Cui Mingji continued to ask.

"All actions are under command!" Li Xingli immediately replied that he still remembered the essence of this Central Field Army very well.

"That's right, now that the General Staff Officer's order has been appointed, you can implement it, there is no need to make it so complicated. If the emperor really wants to clean you up, you can't hide, so it's better to be calm. Cui Mingji explained that he was also afraid that this vulgar martial artist would not be able to think about it for a while, and then directly refused the order of the General Staff.

In the military discipline stipulated by Zhu Youxiao, refusing the order of the General Staff Department is regarded as complicity in rebellion.

"Oh, too!" After listening to Cui Mingji's explanation, Li Xingli thought about it, it was really true.

"Okay, then I'll go to Beijing in the next year."

"Go ahead, hopefully returning."

Let's take our eyes back from North Korea, which has returned to calm, to the west, and back to the land of Daming.

Since September, the whole Ming Dynasty has begun to be restless.

In the past, after the autumn harvest at this time, entering the winter, the people had rare free time, they nested at home for the winter, diligently accumulated fertilizer for the fields, or to do some work that could make money, and at this time, it was generally the time for the levy of conscription, and the people were idle and had nothing to do, just out of strength.

From a modern point of view, the people of the Ming Dynasty are undoubtedly leisurely in winter, but this is not their original intention, not that they are unwilling to do things, but that they have nothing to do. In the past, they might have to deal with forced labor, but now that they are all abolished, they are all idle.

But this winter was different, and officials of the Ministry of Industry rushed to the provinces, with drawings, silver taels, and cement technology, and began a huge project.

Countless idle farmers were hired, countless grains were procured, and large quantities of grain were shipped from overseas to supply the consumption of road construction.

The three levels of government in each province were mobilized, the government deployed manpower, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervised the finances, and once corruption was discovered, it immediately launched an investigation. Today's Metropolitan Procuratorate has only one criterion for promotion, that is, the number of officials investigated and punished, which is the most important indicator today.

The people cheered that there was a good money to be taken out, and the gentry who got the quota were also rejoicing, hiring workers, building cement factories, and then supplying them in large quantities, in addition, digging sand, quarrying, and paving roads required a lot of manpower, which drove a large part of the economy.

The inspection team headed by Wang Zuo, a scholar of Beige University, began to go out of Beijing to inspect the provinces, accompanied by the deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Right Capital Imperial History, as long as any corruption involving road construction was discovered, it was immediately taken down and investigated, and there was no mercy.

Jinyiwei also rode out in all directions, or to check officials, or to check the people, and all kinds of information were sent to Beijing, so that Zhu Youxiao could clearly and thoroughly grasp local information and make various policy adjustments in a timely manner.

In the whole Ming Dynasty, this winter is hot.

In the warm pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzheng was lazily half-lying, and opposite him was the nominal second assistant, the actual first assistant Xu Guangqi.

Lord Shousuke is reporting to the Emperor.

"Your Majesty, now that the road construction is being carried out well, all the local officials are very attentive, and the examination department of the Ministry of Officials has also formed an inspection team to inspect and assess the provinces, while checking the progress of the road construction work this year." Xu Guangqi lowered his head, and then read some of the notes sent back, which recorded the situation in various places.

"Test the Gong Division!" Zhu Youxiao whispered this name in his mouth, this is also an institution he just discovered, it is a subordinate of the Ministry of Officials, and it is responsible for the assessment of political performance, and now with the expansion of the lower-level institutions of the Ministry of Officials, it has spread to the entire Ming Dynasty. And apparently, the Cabinet has used this body to expand its mandate and strengthen local deterrence.

After all, the fight against corruption and the promotion of clean government is the business of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's Anti-Corruption Bureau, so the officials can only start from the aspect of political performance and even morality.

Listening to Xu Guangqi reciting the various deeds of the merit examination department and sending back the various reports of the ministry of officials, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, "Aiqing is really a clever means, and she quietly came up with a merit examination division!" ”

"Ahh Xu Guangqi was obviously stunned, then came back to his senses and smiled slyly, "The old minister is just following His Majesty's will, and His Majesty's annual assessment old minister thinks it is too troublesome." Officials are doing things all over the world, and if they have something to do every day, they should be assessed every day, and if they can't even do things well, then what else do they have to do. ”

"Haha." Zhu Youxiao smiled and asked, "Then what is the explanation for these demotion measures, fines, three years of prohibition of promotion, or even dismissal, and three generations of exemption from the imperial examination?" ”

"Your Majesty, isn't this the punishment you have stipulated, and you will punish those who do not do things well." Xu Guangqi blinked, confused.

"Xu Guangqi, Xu Guangqi, cunning enough!" Zhu Youxiao laughed happily.

"Huh." Xu Guangqi laughed. But he was still very nervous at the moment, and he didn't know what the emperor would do with him, a skillfully built department, after all, what he said was in line with the rules, but as long as the emperor didn't like it, then everything would be suspended.

"In this way, will the power and responsibility of the officials be too great?" Suddenly, Zhu Youxiao restrained his smile and asked.

"The meat is coming." Xu Guangqi said secretly, cheered up, and dealt with it carefully, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials itself is responsible for the assessment and promotion of officials, and the evaluation criteria themselves are the achievements of officials at all levels. ”

"So ....." Zhu Youxiao groaned, "Let's try it first." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Guangqi was overjoyed.

[Author's digression]: I'm really sorry, I was too tired yesterday, I wrote it a little fast, and I wrote the academician as a second product, which has been changed, and it is a positive product.