The carriage of the chief minister Kong Hanyou and the imperial historian Wang Su slowly walked on Changle Street, and after a detailed secret discussion, they made a secret agreement to join forces to suppress Xiao Duhou and kill him in the position of the county order.

"Then you and I will do as promised!"

"Farewell!"

Only then did the two ministers of the three princes part ways and left satisfied.

The Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Historical Observatory jointly designed to deal with political opponents, which was a major event that had never been seen in the history of Great Chu.

If it weren't for the birth of Xiao Duhou, the "number one gentleman in Jinling", it is very likely that he will rise in the court and form a three-legged pattern, and the two ministers of the three princes will never come together.

The two families discussed the meal, of course, it was better than the three families rushing to eat.

Once the two governments join forces, one is responsible for governing and the other is responsible for supervision, and the Manchu dynasty is invincible. It's just a fish on the chopping board, just waiting to be slaughtered.

...

The next day, the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Historical Observatory began to work.

Formulate a thorough plan for the national county and county examinations.

This time, the county exam was half a year earlier than usual, so I couldn't alarm the little dusk.

However, it is necessary to secretly notify the "related households" of the prime minister's office in advance in advance to the county guards and county orders, so that they can hurry up the collection of spring grain and tax money, and do a solid job in their political achievements, so as to be ahead of their competitors.

Soon, dozens of secret letters and flying pigeons passed on to the counties of Dachu.

Among the thousands of county magistrates, only the top dozens have any hope of promotion. As long as the ranking of the first dozens of places is stuck, it is enough to make Xiao Duhou unable to make enough dazzling achievements.

...

Moling County.

County office.

Dong Xianliang, the county magistrate, sat in the hall, looked at the various historical files of Moling County, and knew almost all the situations in Moling County over the years.

A few days ago, he raised some silver taels in Jinling City to build the Confucius Temple and Jinling Academy, and after completing this big thing for his teacher, he returned to Moling County, which was dozens of miles away, and went to his county order in a down-to-earth manner.

Since the Xuanwu Temple incident, the emperor has a prejudice against his "Yin and Yang Calamity", and he does not want to see him.

After the imperial examination, Confucian students also fell into a wave of low tide and confusion.

Many Confucian scholars who are not determined are secretly thinking about changing their courts and learning other miscellaneous studies to prepare for the next imperial examination.

Dong Xianliang saw that the morale of the Confucian students in Jinling was sluggish, and he was quite sad.

It doesn't make much sense for him to stay in Jinling City to make a reputation, so he simply goes back to Moling County to govern a county.

The county order governing a county seat is quite "idle", but in fact, there is not much work.

Mainly in spring and autumn, grain and annual tax revenues will be a little busier.

The rest of the private school assistance, handling lawsuits, arresting thieves, etc., are all trivial.

For Dong Xianliang, the county order is too little and quite boring.

However, the county order has made political achievements.

This is the fastest and most correct shortcut to promotion in Dachu officialdom, and there is no one. In contrast, it is difficult for other minor officials to accumulate political achievements, and their promotion is very slow.

In the future, if he wants to make a name for himself in the court, he must make a big difference in the county order and show unrivaled political achievements.

Grassroots work, this is the most important resume of Dachu officialdom.

With this resume, the competition for the county guard, and the high-ranking officials of Jiuqing in the court have enough confidence.

"Master County Order, an urgent letter from Jinling!"

The county man hurriedly came and handed over the secret tube.

Dong Xianliang put down the file in his hand, looked surprised, took the secret cylinder and looked at the wax seal, and then opened it.

When I opened it, it was a handwritten letter from my mentor Kong Hanyou, informing him that the national county and county examinations would be held in a month.

The Prime Minister's Office will announce it half a month in advance, ordering the 100 counties to be guarded and the 1,000 counties to immediately report their administrative achievements to the Prime Minister's Office, and to carry out a big ranking of the national county guards and county orders.

It is normal for the imperial court to collect grain and taxes and send officials to the countryside to collect grain, which takes a lot of time, ten days and a half months, to collect it into the treasury of the county government.

For example, it was originally a large amount of grain.

However, if the officials went to the countryside too late, they failed to collect the grain and put it in the county treasury before the deadline for the national county and county examinations.

The county government treasury is to keep accounts of the entry and exit of every sum of money and grain. Including the amount of money and grain collected, the date of storage.

This money and grain was not included in the income books of the county government in a timely manner, and naturally it could not be reported to the political performance, so it could only be counted as the political performance in the second half of the year.

If you can't catch up with this national examination, your political achievements will naturally be less.

Harvesting is naturally very important.

In order to calculate the little dusk, the Prime Minister's Mansion calculated the time, and only set aside fifteen days, pinching the point to announce the "National County and County Examination", so as to have a surprise attack.

In the letter, the teacher asked him to prepare for the harvest of grain in advance a month in advance.

Dong Xianliang's expression couldn't help but change.

He still has a month.

"Immediately arrange for all the officials and servants of the county government to follow the order of the county to go to the countryside and prepare to collect taxes and grain!"

Dong Xianliang burned this secret letter, and immediately hurriedly took all the small officials and servants of the county government, as well as the people and the people, to the countryside.

...

Wuhu County.

Chao Fangzheng was drinking with a group of landlords, squires, Confucian scholars and literati in the county at the moment, talking and laughing.

"Report! Lord Prefectural Order, there is a secret letter. ”

The little official hurriedly came to report.

Chao Fangzheng couldn't help but be stunned, and opened the secret tube to take a look.

The Prime Minister's Office informed that he should pay close attention to the spring grain harvest, report the county's political achievements, and prepare for the national county and county examination in a month. The ranking of the prefectural magistrate's performance will be the basis for promotion.

Chao Fangzheng couldn't help but look excited and laughed.

The Prime Minister's Mansion presided over the county and county examinations, and he came so soon!

With the teacher personally presiding, the political achievements are easy.

"Lord Prefectural, why are you so happy?"

The Confucian scholars were surprised.

"This county order is going to be promoted!"

Chao Fangzheng smiled.

"Lord County Commander, you have come to the county, the government is harmonious, the thieves have disappeared, and the people do not close their doors at night, but it is a good rule!"

"That is, how can the master of Lord Kong's high-ranking disciples condescend to this square inch of Wuhu County. If we have the opportunity to enter the official career in the future, we will rely on the support of Master Chao. ”

The Confucian scholars slapped their ass.

"This county order is also thanks to the help of the squires, this year's collection of tax grain and tax money, don't hold me back!"

Chao Fangzheng laughed.

Dachu County, with this group of large landlords and squires, has the most abundant financial resources.

To build roads and bridges and build private schools, many places require the squires to contribute money and people.

The so-called governance of the county is actually to govern this gang of big landlords and gentry who hold a large amount of land.

I don't have a good relationship with them, and it's hard for the county to govern the place.

But as long as they govern obediently and let them not cause trouble, they will naturally be politically harmonious.

He Chao Fangzheng has Prime Minister Kong Hanyou, a mentor, to support the backstage, to show his authority to the local squires, to lure them to profit, the squires are naturally willing to give some small profits, take the initiative to help, in order to seek a long-term plan.

"That's natural, we will definitely do our best to help the county magistrate and make his political achievements beautiful."

The squires expressed their stance one after another.