The mule cart did not reach the territory outside the city of Xiangzhou, but was stopped halfway because a sudden military force blocked the road. Their armor was bright and well-equipped, and even under the scorching sun, they barely made a sound, but exuded a metallic coldness.

"What a good goose."

Murong Parrot couldn't help but close his mouth in surprise, could it be that such a large battle array was actually just to welcome this Mr. Yang alone.

The old handlebar style of the self-cooked nagging style slipped off the ox cart in shock, and sat on the ground without feeling pain, but secretly muttered to himself while rubbing his eyes desperately:

"Aren't we having hysteria?"

However, the sergeants who accompanied the escort were not surprised, and surrounded Mr. Yang and went to join them to make a place. As for Yang Shigu, who is the party concerned, he is also a little unexpected.

He had conceived of various possible scenes, including a long road greeting with great fanfare, to create a scene of hostility and coercion, but none of them appeared; And only the temporary appearance of this checkpoint and the roadside willows and green, the soldiers grazing under the horse tree and leaning on the shade of the breeze.

And in the open shade by the river, a tarpaulin case with herbal tea and a few maza are all the hospitality scenes; However, putting down the teacup and beckoning to the person who was sitting with him was particularly not simple, and Yang Shigu didn't expect to see this person in this wilderness.

"Because everyone has been very busy lately, so I had to come and greet me first, who is relatively not so busy. However, since Yang Junshi has already set off, he must have made a decision."

Zhou Huai'an, who was dressed in ordinary clothes and couldn't hide his bright figure, smiled indifferently at him.

"Thanks to the governor's concern and intentions, Shi Gu did not dare to bear the title of military advisor; It's just that I still have a little doubt, and I want to dare to ask the governor,"

Yang Shigu flashed a wry smile and helplessness slightly, as well as imperceptible touching and touching, and then turned into a positive color and arched his hand word by word.

"What do you want, and how do you plan to do it?"

"Well, it's a little hard to say... I didn't miss it so much, I just wanted a place to live; It is only thanks to the attention and cooperation of all the rebel brothers that they have come to this point. ”

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but look distant and detached, and thought about it with some nostalgia before saying.

"If I only want to plan for my own life and death, just a corner of the foundation of Guangfu is enough to imitate those vassal marshals who divide one side and claim the court in the name of the court, and then take their subordinates to enjoy the way of poverty and luxury."

"But I want something more now. For example, most people under my rule can barely get by, and no longer casually because of famine or man-made disasters, their families are ruined, their wives are separated, and they are finally desperate and starve to death in the ditch; ”

"Then we need to overthrow the shackles and shackles of the government, and bring down more jackals, tigers and leopards who are rampant in the world, licking and devouring blood, knocking bones and sucking marrow; and to feed the majority of the diligent people with the proceeds they had gathered. As I know of an ancestor said, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. ”

Speaking of which, Zhou Huai'an was like a black man who was good at using money and exuding chicken soup for life, and suddenly gave a righteous speech like a sudden upper body.

"But it is clear that in the face of the filth of this world, it is not enough for me to rely on my own efforts or wishful thinking. Therefore, we need more people of insight and like-minded people to help and collaborate; I'm a little out of place with this appeal.、Miss and paranoia.。。 ”

At this moment, Yang Shigu seemed to see the darkness, and by the unknown majesty, he was sighing with compassion, "The world is filthy again!" However, he couldn't help but ask.

"Does the Governor want to follow the example of the ancients and become the saint who overcomes all obstacles?"

"How is this possible, the ancient sages can only be placed in the imagination of the world for sustenance and worship; If it really exists in this world, I am afraid that before the reputation is revealed, it will be successively punished by the magnates, officials and wealthy surnames below the current generation. ”

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and shook his head vigorously.

"Even if I have faith and what I have learned, even ordinary people cannot be desireless, and I am also keen on appetite and do not shy away from lust. I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Brother Yang. ”

"No, no, the governor is wrong."

Yang Shigu was a little excited when he heard this.

"The heroes who have been known in the world since ancient times are not known to the world for the better with their true temperament; If the governor is self-disciplined and flawless in the way of the ancient holy king, then he will be suspicious again and again, and even think that he is talking nonsense for a while. ”

After all, this world is not the way of the holy king, and it is not the way of the holy king to be saved. Only by keeping the way of the holy king in mind and following the principles of the world, can we recreate a peaceful and prosperous world. And the way of the governor is enough to praise the world. ”

"After all, the most common thing in this world is those who only have the hegemony of one side or even the world in their eyes, but they rarely have the benevolent heart to make all the people live; Even if he gains power for a while, he is just a lone husband and a hero. ”

Speaking of which, Yang Shigu bowed his hand to make a big salute to make a joke.

"But now that the governor has treated me with sincerity, I should repay him with sincerity. I hope that the left and right should follow the way of helping the world. ”

"May we work together for a great cause. Let's talk about rewarding each other with wealth. ”

Zhou Huai'an also said solemnly, and then sighed secretly in his heart. If this person still refuses to give in, he really has no choice but to continue to hang him up as a mascot and send him to Guangfu to be with Wang Pan.

If you want to say that in the future of the five dynasties in the late Tang Dynasty, who does not have a group of loyal subordinates? But if you want to fight for the world, you must rely on not only loyalty, but more importantly, the people, the real master, even if you can't make the enemy surrender, you must let the wait-and-see people turn to their side.

In ancient times, Xunzi advocated the way of name and reality, and they are one in this matter. As the lord of a place, if you can't get the name of 'Ming Lord', you naturally can't get the "fact" of talents and heroes.

In addition to his own talent and concept, Yang Shigu represents the appeal and potential prestige of the old rebel army, which is a very important demonstration and beginning for the layout and action of the rebel army in the future. Thinking of this, Zhou Huai'an tried again:

"Brother Yang can praise our military plane, for example, the story of the General's Mansion."

"No, never"

However, Yang Shigu did not hesitate to decline the suggestion to continue as a military advisor.

"I was only a military advisor of the Righteous Army with the ability of the last little, but he was not a military advisor of the Taiping Army; Even if there is nothing to do from top to bottom, and there is nothing to be done, it is categorically not allowed to destroy the corresponding laws and regulations from person to person. ”

"It's that I'm not thinking about it, so how about I ask Qu to be an in-house consultant without a level, compare"

Zhou Huai'an sighed slightly, this is the pattern and position of traditional strategists as smart people, who know practice and are interested. But in any case, with the official commissioning of Yang Shigu, as the leading core of the growing staff system of the Taiping Military Governor's Office, it can be faintly laid.

And in another place not far away, after being politely entertained and gradually letting go of the constraints, the handlebar style that drank a little red and said in a continuous voice:

"Not much, not much. We all feel that we have paid very little. In the past, after paying all kinds of rents and variegations, as well as the food and drink after the public went to the countryside, it really cleaned people from head to toe, even the old and the young. ”

"But now the Zhuangzi of the Taiping Army is sent to the countryside by everyone, and there is nothing else to do with the five achievements produced in the land, so we are a little unsure."

"In fact, it doesn't matter if you collect more grain, anyway, the melons and vegetables planted in the fields, the chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits raised are all counted as their own, and there are also inputs for working in their spare time. Even if you don't have any food leftover, you can get over. ”

When he set off on the road again, he felt that Yang Shigu, who was completely different in body and mind, also had a thick layer of things in his hands. This is the rumored first draft of the charter called the "Taiping Examination Law". The meaning of the other party sent it to him for his reference is also very obvious.

Although he refused the corresponding name, the other party still couldn't help but let him take the corresponding responsibility. Because this new charter is the result of a re-detailed positioning and reorganization of the officials and governance system under the Taiping military governor.

With the main purpose of "respecting sovereignty, teaching officials, rewarding and punishing, and No. 1 order"; The characteristics are the so-called "setting limits for examinations" and "taking responsibility for people". That is, according to the positions and authority of administrative personnel at all levels, all the things that should be done are listed, and then the corresponding time limit is set and registered separately.

Then, according to the distance and near for a period of six months to one year, a round of verification and comparison of the completion progress is carried out to refer to and evaluate the performance of officials during their tenure of office, so as to determine the final choice of rewards and punishments, transfer and promotion. On the other hand, it is to further refine and establish the progressive system of officials implemented by the Taiping Army.

Among them, starting from the lowest level, they are: the sixth class of clerks, the fifth class of officials, and the fifth class of officials, and these three categories of sixteen levels are the most fundamental grassroots and lower-level personnel. Then, there are the (middle-level) administrative officers from the sixth rank, and the (high-level) administrative officers from the fifth rank; The officials and subordinates who constitute the various levels of political power, and the heads of the departments directly under the Governor's Office.

In the future, all personnel who are transferred from the school or the army can only be limited to the rank below the rank of officials; However, they can no longer be directly assigned to mid-level official positions. Only after attaining sufficient administrative qualifications, performance appraisals, and meritorious awards can you automatically obtain the qualifications (levels) for promotion to the corresponding administrative officer level.

Then, in accordance with the system of non-local appointment and promotion rotation, starting with the clerk, every time he crosses a class of classes, he will be adjusted and renewed accordingly according to the seniority order of the other township, the distant township, the other county, the other state, and even the next road.

At least, like the early Tang Dynasty imperial examinations, they first obtained the qualifications to select people, and then passed the examination to release themselves; There is still merit in the practice of re-electing the corresponding posts after the expiration of the term of office. With a little adjustment, it can be used in a straightforward way.

On the contrary, it was originally the kind of hard work that allowed thousands of readers across the country to sharpen their heads or study hard to compete for a dozen or dozens of places every year; Then once you release the official, it is easy to suddenly get a noble and beautiful position, and the extreme elitism of going straight to the sky from then on is a little undesirable.

From the perspective of those who have come to see as a modern industrial country in the future, what supports the rise of a country and a nation is not a small poke of people who break through by thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge; Rather, on the basis of gradually popularizing education and opening up people's wisdom, a sufficient base of industrial workers and professionals has been born.

As long as the number and scale of the population with knowledge increases, the probability and chance of giving birth to corresponding geniuses, all-rounders, and geniuses will naturally rise. Therefore, Zhou Huai'an can start from a large number of basic education, and gradually screen out the available talents by subject.

Therefore, with the refinement and improvement of the system, the original mode of selection and appointment that was simplified and emergency will be gradually tightened and turned into a stable and thorough long-term mechanism.

In other words, if the founding of the country is called the system in the future, this is the cornerstone of the corresponding national capital and national identity; But it was delivered to him, who was an outsider before. Such a heart-to-heart (no heart, no lungs/no taboos) even he has followed the Yellow King for many years and has never seen it, how can he not be deeply nostalgic and lingering.

- I'm the dividing line -

And hundreds of miles away, in the middle reaches of the Gorge River waterway,

The city of Fuzhou, which has been broken by the Jingnan army, has been reduced to a carnival feast for officials and soldiers to burn, kill, rape and plunder everywhere in the earth-shattering cries and shouts; the blood that flowed everywhere in the streets; Corpses stuttered between portals, under the eaves of walls, and women curled up in the depths of the alleys, sobbing or wailing.

and Han Xiusheng, the former assassin who launched the rebellion, was also captured and sent out by the remnants of the defenders from the inner city that retreated and was defended; And the five flowers were tied up and knelt on the sideburns of the gray Jingnan Jiedu made Song Hao current.

"His generation disregarded the grace of the world created and promoted by the country, and when he raised the flag and was troubled, he could have thought of calling today."

Song Hao took a closer look at the blood-stained, vaguely literati and elegant former Fuzhou assassin history, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice

However, Han Shengxiu, who was covered in scars and hair, spitted blood and sneered loudly

"The Son of Heaven is covered with dust, and the world is opposed, so why is I alone; I just hate that it can't be done, and it must be the choice of the festival with his generation. ”

"It's really a delusional person, show him to the public with the head of the clan, and then send him to Chengdu together with Lubu."

Song Hao couldn't help but shake his head indifferently and said.

"What shall be done with those who have surrendered?"

Another subordinate came up and asked for instructions.

And he was tortured and screened one by one in the camp. In the future, to maintain the place, it is necessary to rely on one or two of them. ”

Song Hao immediately explained.

"There is also a herald that those sons and daughters are a little more restrained, and some local leaders and leaders are left behind, so that they can govern the place in the future."

And in the mountains and forests not far from the city, as the state Sima and the envoy of soldiers and horses, he was also running for his life in tears, Han Shengxiu still wanted to stay and work hard to hold on, but he had already felt the impatience among those remnants; Therefore, even if you change clothes and get out, you can escape.

However, an urgent report soon after made Song Hao, who had just moved into the state office, change his face greatly.

(End of chapter)