In fact, Li Dingguo has always been skeptical of the emperor's overly radical personnel policy -- can it really be controlled well by relying on low-level literati and demobilized soldiers to control the grassroots? Li Dingguo governed Yunnan, and also selected officials in Yunnan, attaching importance to culture and education. But no matter how much he attaches importance to those middle- and lower-class intellectuals, he doesn't directly let the officers swallow the academic culture and then endorse them to become officials? Taking advantage of the fact that the emperor asked him to go north to Kunming to be the town of Dinghaishenzhen, Li Dingguo raised this concern.

"To tell you the truth, I have this concern." Zhu Youlang laughed, "However, if you don't manage it well, it's better than nothing, isn't it?" ”

"That's true, but if it is bad, and the people's grievances are boiling, then it is better to maintain the clan power..." Li Dingguo still showed his concern about the new system, in any case, the clan still assumed a lot of social functions at this time.

Seeing that no matter what he said, Li Dingguo's worries could not be resolved, and Zhu Youlang, who was worried that he would die like in history, suggested that he "take a walk and take a look".

Therefore, Li Dingguo chose to inspect the terminal of this railway line to see what these new officials can do. "Could it be that the same soldier can only fight in my hands, why can he be an official in the hands of His Majesty?"

"I've seen King Jin at the lowest level!" When he was about to walk in front of the official yamen, Li Dingguo saw a group of people in short-robed cadre uniforms hurriedly running over and greeting him, looking like they had just put down their work. Li Dingguo was not polite, and repeated the emperor's original words: let Liu Guanshan take him to "take a look".

Liu Guanshan just wanted to cherish the various industrial departments in this industrial town, but was stopped by Li Dingguo with a wave of his hand: "Look at the countryside, the scenery in the city, how can there be Avado here?" Before Emperor Lie, there were many yamen and workshops in various cities. But in the countryside, where is there civil governance? Li Dingguo didn't say the second half of the paragraph, and felt that he shouldn't discourage the enthusiasm of the little doll: it is better to send officials like pepper noodles, it is better to concentrate them in the city and pull them down.

In order to show his confidence and courage, Liu Kanshan led Li Dingguo without saying a word to the first starting point of his career - the fifth township of Zhongxing Prefecture (due to the number of cadres, each village has been merged into a township, which is equivalent to the administrative village of later generations). As a famous general who is not born in the world, Li Dingguo knew that the methods of coping with the inspection at this time were quite limited, and the fifth township was not very close to the state city, so he could not find faults, and basically recognized the true degree of what could be seen in this inspection.

"Lord Wang, that's the township office." Liu Guanshan saw the place where he had swayed his passion, and he was a little emotional. But a year later, there was an extra brick house outside the earthen house, which was obviously not privately owned, which made Liu Guanshan a little unhappy - yes, he began to build his own yamen? Do the old bureaucrats still know that the officials do not repair the government?

Turning his head, Li Dingguo's face was also a little solemn; Liu Guanshan had no choice but to slowly distract Li Dingguo's attention and minimize the damage to King Jin's impression of himself. Walking into this settlement, which is composed of hundreds of houses, Li Dingguo's eyes were gradually attracted by all kinds of "new things": the slogans of propaganda policies were painted with white plaster on the earthen walls: "The army and the people are unanimous, suppress bandits and calm the people", "If you eat no households, you will be imprisoned", and most of the houses have been newly repaired, and there are no crumbling houses, and the residents who have scattered and run away also have clothes on their bodies. Even though this is a place with relatively convenient transportation, Li Dingguo also thinks that such a political achievement is good.

Seeing that his former subordinates and current bosses came to the township to inspect the work, the township chief also made the same operation as Liu Kanshan - brought out all the cadres in the entire township office to greet him, and a few who had just joined the company for a short time simply knelt down and kowtowed in fright.

Li Dingguo showed a kind look, "Get up," Zhu Youlang doesn't like to bow down, so Li Dingguo naturally can't turn a blind eye, even if this kind of thing that goes against the emperor's will can't be transmitted back to Ava, it can't pass through his heart. "What's that red house for?"

"Back to the prince, it's a school run in the township."

"School?" Li Dingguo was a little surprised, while Liu Guanshan on the side was relieved, the worried eyes just now disappeared, and he secretly swore that he would not dare to take such a risk in the future, and then greet the superior leaders in the places he had inspected, otherwise what could a group of semi-literate people do? If you make a mistake in a busy meal, don't you want to be cool?

"Yes, the children in the township, both men and women, can come here to study for four years, and as long as they come to class during these four years, the school will take care of the meal at noon."

"The Sect of the Xuan Order, then let's go and have a look." Li Dingguo's tone was full of admiration.

When I walked into the Red House, I found that there were three other red houses of similar size in the back, two of which were equipped with dozens of tables and chairs, one was where the teachers lived, and the other was a kitchen and a cafeteria. The three teachers were wearing long robes, and at a glance they knew that they were from old literati. After learning that the person in front of him was the queen of Jin, he knelt down as if he saw a fairy.

"Students often say to the children when they are lecturing, Lord Wang, how did you save the Ming Dynasty, defeated the Tartars many times, and will inevitably return to Liangjing in the future... I didn't expect to be able to see you today! Li Dingguo felt that these people were a little sycophant at first, but he was relieved after asking a few children.

"Yes, the teacher always told us how powerful King Jin was, and he also told us the story of the bloody battle of Mopan Mountain!"

Child, it doesn't lie.

"Oh?" Li Dingguo asked with interest, "What did your teacher say?" Can you tell me about it? ”

The child scratched his head and pouted, "To be honest, one day, the Tartars were chasing and intercepting the Lord of Long Live in the circle, wanting to catch him and destroy the Ming Dynasty, in order to defend the Ming Dynasty, the King of Jin set up an ambush in the Mopan Mountain where the Tartars must pass, and a trumpet came down, and the three ambushes rushed down together, and defeated the Tartars and the fake Tartars at once... Even the traitor Wu Sangui was caught, Wu Sangui, a big traitor, ran tens of thousands of miles from Liaodong, and finally fell into the hands of King Jin, hehehehe! ”

With that, the child let out a smirk. Li Dingguo motioned to his side not to reveal his identity, and smiled lovingly at the child: "Thank you for telling the story, this candy is for you to eat." Li Dingguo asked the guard to take a piece of maltose.

The child took the sugar in his mouth and tasted it carefully.

"What, don't you want to eat?"

The child nodded.

"Take them all." Li Dingguo took a bag of candy from the guards and gave it to the child, who giggled.

"Thank you, uncle!"

Looking at this child, Li Dingguo couldn't help but think back to his childhood, what was his childhood like? When he was less than ten years old, he became a member of the "rogue" when he was hungry and had no choice. Those rotten people say that we are "cowards", but they can make a ten-year-old child "follow the thief". Aren't they cowards themselves? And the child in front of him is so lucky that he can be fed and have clothes to wear, compared to his childhood.

It is difficult for Li Dingguo to judge the administrative ability of these people from the vast sea of documents, but from this lovely child, Li Dingguo sees some things that data and words cannot express.

He patted the child on the shoulder and turned to leave.

(End of chapter)