In addition, in the entire set of local management teams, only the magistrate was transferred by the imperial court, and he would leave as soon as his term of office expired, and then the next magistrate would take over the work.

As for the county officials, priests, county lieutenants, wardens and other officials who are in charge of actual affairs, almost all of them are locals, and they will not leave with them.

And as long as they don't make a big mistake, these people will continue to do it, and they will often entrust their sons to inherit the position after retirement. Some county officials with a harder background, and even their children and grandchildren have been doing it in this position for generations.

In other words, as long as the local officials who are responsible for the actual affairs of the county, the priests, the county lieutenants, and the wardens are still there, the county will not be chaotic, and the people's livelihood will not be greatly affected, and it can still operate normally.

Only some departments that need to make big policies will be affected by the departure of their immediate bosses, but these are a small number and the impact is limited.

But in any case, the mass exodus of such a large number of officials still had a great impact on the northwest.

Ning Zhiyuan, who was originally only responsible for managing the army, also had to take over some government affairs, so he was very busy.

In this serious shortage of people, there is one person who has risen to prominence and shown extraordinary talent.

That person was Mr. Zhang Wenxuan, who Chi Fei had recommended to Ning Zhiyuan as a staff member before, that is, one of the first batch of death row inmates who participated in the pox experiment.

This old gentleman is very proficient in all kinds of government affairs issues, and has his own unique views and handling methods, which is eye-catching.

For example, he proposed to Ning Zhiyuan that the most important thing now is to prevent the annihilation from the capital and the Hu people from mixing into the northwest and inciting the already unstable people's will to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos.

Therefore, he suggested that the armor protection system that had been practiced in the previous dynasty should be implemented throughout the northwest to supervise and screen all suspicious persons.

The so-called armor protection system is to take the household as the unit and set up the head of the household; Ten households are A, and the first is set up; The top ten are guaranteed, and the chief of the guarantee is established.

The head of the household is basically the head of the household, the head of the household is elected by the head of the household, and the chief of the household is elected by the chief of the household, and the chief of the household is directly under the jurisdiction of the local health office, and receives a monthly salary.

The most important feature of the armor protection system is mutual supervision and the practice of joint sitting.

If there is a suspicious person in the place where he belongs, or if someone is found to be doing evil, it is the responsibility of the head of the household to report the situation to the head of the household, and the head of the household will decide how to deal with it.

If it is a suspicious person, Captain A needs to go to investigate. If anyone does evil, stop it immediately.

If the captain is unable to deal with it because of the large number of people on the other side, he must immediately report to the security chief, and the security chief will send someone to deal with it.

If even the security chief can't handle it, it will have to be reported to the local security station to dispatch officers and soldiers.

Anyone who fails to report the information will not only be severely punished by the head of the household himself, but also other heads of the same household will also be implicated and punished.

Because this system covers everything from the guard to the common people.

Once a suspicious person or someone is found to be evil, it will be reported layer by layer and dealt with step by step.

In this way, it is effective to prevent the infiltration of small or suspicious persons.

In fact, when Ning Zhiyuan ordered a big investigation of Hu people's spies in the whole of the northwest, Mr. Zhang Wenxuan wanted to make this suggestion.

But later, he felt that the lord, as the general of the northwest who commanded the entire army in the northwest, already had some too much power, and it was really not suitable for him to meddle in the political affairs under the jurisdiction of civilian officials, otherwise it would be easy to fall into the hands of others, so he did not put it forward.

Now that the northwest has severed relations with the capital, Ning Zhiyuan has become the real leader of the whole northwest, so he dared to make this suggestion.

After listening to Mr. Zhang Wenxuan's suggestion, Ning Zhiyuan praised it and immediately ordered the local health offices to implement this law locally.

This armor protection system is indeed an excellent method, and after a month of implementation, law and order in various localities has really improved greatly.

Not to mention that the number of suspicious people of unknown origin has been greatly reduced, and even petty theft has suddenly decreased a lot.

Seeing how effective the new policy was, many people were full of praise for it.

And Zhang Wenxuan himself was widely praised for proposing this law, which made people look up to him.

In addition to the armor protection system, Zhang Wenxuan also suggested that the restrictions on the promotion of lower-level officials should be appropriately relaxed, so that lower-level officials who are not from a jinshi or a person of high standing but have many years of political experience can also have the opportunity to move up.

To take the simplest example, many lower-level officials such as county officials, priests, county lieutenants, and wardens who are not from jinshi or juren backgrounds also have the opportunity to be promoted to county magistrates or higher.

In this way, we can not only effectively alleviate the shortage of civil officials in the northwest, but also make these lower-level officials more loyal to the northwest.

Just imagine, how can a county magistrate or county lieutenant who originally had no hope of moving up in his life suddenly see that he has the opportunity to be promoted to a county magistrate or even a higher level official?

In order to move forward, these lower-level officials will definitely work harder, and they will definitely be more loyal to the Northwest Military that gave them this opportunity.

To say a thousand things and ten thousand, for these lower-level officials, there is nothing more important to them than real official positions and real shortcomings.

Ning Zhiyuan himself is a very practical person, and when he heard this suggestion, he immediately applauded, feeling that this matter was promising.

However, how to do this matter needs to be carefully discussed and studied by everyone, and it cannot be done rashly.

Because the system of promotion of officials is the foundation for maintaining the normal operation of the country, it has a huge impact on the entire country. If something goes wrong, the consequences can be extremely serious.

Although the Northwest is not considered a country, the reform of the official promotion system is also very impactful, and it affects the whole body, so it must be carefully studied before deciding whether to implement it.

But no matter what, Zhang Wenxuan, who made this suggestion, still attracted the attention of many people, and everyone saw that this talented old man was extremely valued by the general.

Because of Zhang Wenxuan's outstanding performance, even Chi Fei was praised by his father-in-law.

Ning Zhiyuan praised him for recommending it well, this Zhang Wenxuan is indeed a rare talent.

Chi Fei also felt that the reform method for the promotion of officials mentioned by the old gentleman in this chapter was indeed very clever.

This is equivalent to some modern performance-oriented enterprises, in the selection of talents, do not look at the other party's education, only to see whether the other party has relevant experience, the reason is similar.

The northwest has been fighting with the Hu people for many years, and the local people are fierce, and they have always been strong in military and weak in culture.

There are few local scholars, and it is even rarer to be admitted to Xiucai or even lift people.

In such a situation where a large number of civil officials have fled, if they still stick to the rules and only let Jinshi or raise people to be officials, then this talent gap may take many years to fill.

If we only look at political experience instead of background, then the way to select people will be much broader. This is indeed a very wise way to employ people.

Chi Fei didn't expect that Mr. Zhang, whom he casually recommended, would be so powerful, which can be regarded as a crooked hit.