After returning from a private visit to Jiangnan Weifu, he issued a holy decree announcing that the government would go to the township level, and now the establishment of the township head level in cities and towns that meet the requirements is in full swing. The towns in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Nanxun Town, where Emperor Chongzhen visited, have a trade volume of as much as 10 million taels of silver a year, and this scale is impossible to have in poorer prefectures, such as Yan'an Mansion, and for example, the provincial capitals and counties that are about to be established in Liaodong.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen understood, and immediately sneered and said, "Is being an official for thousands of miles just for money?" ”

Speaking of this, without waiting for Wang Yongguang to respond, he instructed again: "I look at this, in the future, in addition to the existing assessment as the basis for the selection of officials, there is another formality ......."

As soon as Wang Yongguang heard this, he knew that the emperor was afraid that he had some novel ideas that could cure this situation. Judging from the past, the emperor's new ideas are very good, and they can often effectively solve the problems that have been accumulated all along, and even the problems that have been solved by successive dynasties. Thinking like this, he was very curious, I don't know what the emperor's idea is this time?

"In the future, whenever there is a vacancy in a local official post to be elected, the qualified candidates can be self-proposed, stating what they should do after taking office, how to do a good job in the official position they want to hold, and then the officials will select officials with practical strategies from among the many self-recommended people to take up the post. If you can't do what you say, you will be assessed in the coming year, and you will be reduced by one more. If it can be done, the assessment can be added to the first-class ......"

Emperor Chongzhen was afraid that Wang Yongguang would be old and his mind would not be clear, so he explained in a bit detail. His idea is actually similar to some of the later campaigns. If you want to be an official, put your advantages and explain your measures, and whoever says it well can take the position. Of course, past political achievements should also be taken into account. Unlike those campaigns, elections are a promise to the electorate, and this one is a promise to the officials, or to the court.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen himself has been doing this for a long time. The reason why Wen Tiren was able to be the first assistant and was promoted to the first assistant by Emperor Chongzhen, and recommended the cabinet assistants, was because Wen Tiren expounded the policy program to Emperor Chongzhen, citing various economic means of the former Song Dynasty, and among many courtiers, he was the most concerned about Emperor Chongzhen.

And before that, perhaps the most important official position in the imperial court, there may have been such examples. The emperor will talk to the courtiers first, and if the requirements are met, he will give them to the corresponding officials. However, most of the official positions at the grass-roots level, especially those within the authority of the ministry, are taken by the ministry, and the elected officials are passive.

After listening to Emperor Chongzhen's detailed explanation, Wang Yongguang came back to his senses after a while, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, will this be inappropriate, in case there is an unexpected situation that causes the magistrate to be unable to fulfill his promise......

"There's nothing wrong with it, just do it!" Emperor Chongzhen made an arbitrary decision on this matter, "If there are special circumstances such as natural disasters, it is natural to have another assessment, and for such exceptional things, the officials must report the situation to the cabinet and report to me." “

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "In addition, when the officials select officials, they must take into account the hardships and hard work of the officials. Those who refuse to take up posts in poor areas are to be included in the second-class list and must not be used unless necessary. ”

I can hear that the emperor is very annoyed by this incident. Wang Yongguang thought in his heart, and the sentence that the emperor said just now popped up in his mind: Thousands of miles for officials are only for money!

He was still thinking about it, but Emperor Chongzhen looked at the piece presented in his hand, and after browsing it roughly, he pointed at it with his hand and said: "Wang Qing conducted a training for these people, that is, to explain the situation in Liaodong, which aspects to pay attention to, which aspects to focus on, and other similar things, one by one. Among them, the better ones are selected first to go to Liaodong. Later, I will dig down more ground, and then send others to it. ”

Wang Yongguang thought for a while, and was about to speak, when Emperor Chongzhen continued: "As for the specific situation in Liaodong, I will give Qing a basic outline, and almost everything should be included in it." “

When he said this, he had already thought about it, and let Sun Chengzong take the lead in writing this training textbook, and Zuo Yingxuan and other local officials in eastern Liaoning would write it. After he looked at it, he could supplement it according to some experience of later generations, and finally form a training document for the officials.

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Yongguang and asked, "I see that Qing seems to have something to say just now, let's talk about it!" ”

"......" Wang Yongguang opened his mouth, speechless, and only replied after a while: "The minister's confusion, Your Majesty has just instructed, and the minister has no problem." ”

Speaking of this, he received another decree: "The ministers obey the holy will!" This will turn back to the Ministry of Officials and implement what His Majesty said just now! ”

After getting the emperor's consent, Wang Yongguang slowly walked out of the palace, and at the same time felt a little emotion in his heart, it seems that he is indeed old, and he can't keep up with the emperor's ideas. I'm afraid I won't be able to do this job for long!

Gao Shiyue, the eunuch who had been waiting on duty on the side, saw that Wang Yongguang had already left the main hall, so he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "The slave maid heard that now the two major divisions of the Beijing Division are very different from the past, one cold and one hot, quite eye-catching!" ”

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he knew what he was referring to. It doesn't make sense that even Gao Shiyue knows something, and there will be no news from the factory guard.

What he said was that the Ministry of Officials had always been a popular yamen before, and the candidate officials were all crowded with the Ministry of Officials, all of whom wanted to catch the real shortage as soon as possible. And now, it's a lot of people. Now it seems that it is because the officials are electing the magistrates of Liaodong that they have avoided it, right?

The other department is the military department, in the past, there were not many people here, but now, just like the previous ministry, it is crowded with people. Most of these people are military attaches from local health centers near Jingshi. With the reform of the military system of the guards, many of them will be abolished, and the superior ones will remain in the army, while those who are eliminated will have to go to the local institutions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to listen to the orders of civilian officials and act as minions. Although it is stronger than the official servant, it is not as good as before. If it were possible, no one would want to go down this path.

Therefore, they all came to the military department to watch, and the eight immortals crossed the sea to show their magical powers, hoping that they could stay in the army.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled coldly, ran for office? Let's run, my factory guards are already waiting to catch the typical, and punish a batch severely!