Chapter 272: Arrogance from a foreign country
Because the list has been screened a long time ago, Fang Xuanling alone has screened no less than ten times, and Li Yuanji has also seen it twice in person.
In addition, Fang Xuanling also deliberately held a cabinet meeting in private and took out the list for discussion, which led to the final result.
There are a total of 1,137 officials in this list, of whom 27 are above the fifth rank, and the rest are below the fifth rank, and 3,661 are officials, making a total of more than 4,700 people.
Just from the personnel who have just been removed, we can see how bloated the previous imperial court structure was.
The remaining officials are only less than 700 people, and after this group of people is gone, the 66 people who passed last year's scientific examination will be added, and the official officials will only be more than 750 people.
And there are fewer officials left, and the principle of retaining people is to choose the best of the best, but there is also a number of matching, three rank officials, each with five officials, five officials with two, five grades or less, or not worthy, or with one person.
According to such a standard, the remaining number of officials is only more than 1,000.
It is not uncommon to say that there are concerns, but in some departments they have already begun to carry out experiments, and although they are a little tired, they will not paralyze the entire yamen due to the problem of insufficient manpower.
As early as three months ago, the yamen also began to adapt in advance, and during this period, basically there was a number of people who left and who stayed.
Layoffs are undoubtedly cruel.
But in order to reduce the burden on the imperial court, it is imperative to give a good spur to the remaining people.
Holding the news from the secret guard, Li Yuanji read it over and over again.
Some people are dissatisfied and vent everywhere, some people just stay on the lips, and some people give it to reality.
Some people were happy to accept it, some people decided to sell the fields in Guanzhong, and the whole family moved to Zhenzhou, which is definitely the hottest place at the moment.
There is school, there is cheap land to buy.
The imperial court gave each of them a chance to buy a field, limited the number of times, but not the quantity, those who had money could buy more, those who had no money could buy less, and some people planned to go north to make a fortune.
As for what border passes are not border passes, the Turks have already fallen, and there is only one Xue Yantuo tribe left in the north, which is still a little strong, but the Xue Yantuo tribe cannot pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty at all.
They are in the officialdom, and they know very well that the Xue Yantuo tribe will not be able to jump for long, and now that the imperial court has eased up, it is estimated that it will not be long before they will free up their hands to clean them up, so the north is very safe, at least safer than Guanzhong.
There are also people who are reluctant to leave, wanting to resell the quota to others, and their own family will continue to stay in Guanzhong.
A wide variety of options, a wide variety of results.
In addition to the household department being busy changing the nature of the land, the busiest ones have become secret guards, and they have to keep an eye on the officials who have been laid off, for fear that they will make some unexpected moves.
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If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and the slogan has been proposed, but how many people can understand it is unknown.
Road construction in ancient times was not as complicated as in later generations, and detailed measurements were required.
Building roads in this era is so simple that people can't imagine it, even unbelievable.
Road repair is just along the original road to repair, or along the existing path to expand, or in front of a flag, straight to repair the past, bypass some can not pass, can less bridge repair, as long as this is observed, the problem is basically solved.
A long procession was walking along the potholed official road little by little, the carts were four-wheeled carriages, which were uniformly supplied by the imperial court, and there were oxen, pack horses, donkeys, and all kinds of livestock, which were rented by the imperial court and began to prepare in the winter, so as to speed up the construction of roads in the coming year.
Without the mechanized operation of later generations, it can only be done in the simplest way.
The prefectures and counties through which the roads pass are responsible for the construction of roads within their own borders, and the imperial court will uniformly appoint personnel to guide and supervise.
In other words, the people of the court will fix whatever you want, and if you are not allowed to do anything, don't do it.
The advantage of this is that as long as the materials are sufficient, the whole line can be started at the same time, and if it is a good day, there is no need to repair the bridge, and an official road from Chang'an to Luozhou can be built in one or two months.
The convoy slowly stopped, and Jing Bo, who was in the middle of the procession, frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Why did you stop ahead?" ”
"Supervisor, let's take a look!" The little official assigned next to him hurriedly rode forward.
Jing Bo nodded, a little annoyed in his heart, not because he was sent to do this, if it had been two years ago, he would definitely complain.
But now, after learning about the new bureaucratic system, Jingbo can't wait to do more of this kind of hard work at the grassroots level.
Supervisor, an official position without a specific position, a small sesame official from the nine products, but Jingbo has done it with relish, and his life is also very fulfilling.
It's just that this trip is a little difficult to walk, and people and vehicles are tired, so the speed is slower, and at the current speed, they can't arrive and deliver on time.
The convoy was carrying 2,000 bags of cement pulled from the cement factory.
Stationed in various places in advance, garrisoned and guarded, everything is to speed up the construction speed of the next year, if you can't play the task, it will directly affect the construction speed of the next year.
"Supervisor, is what the government said before true?" Finally stopped, and the conscripted laborers began to ask boring questions.
In the winter, even if it wasn't as cold as last year, no one wanted to go out at this time.
And the imperial court wanted to recruit labor at this time, if it were not for the benefits, the people would have already been resentful.
"This matter is a rule set by His Majesty himself, after a month of work, the Board of Supervisors will personally issue an exemption order with you, before the New Year, the exemption will be sent to your counties, and when the next year, you can take the exemption order as a tax to pay, if you dare to deny it, you will go to Chang'an to complain, and Your Majesty will clean up those who do not recognize it." Jingbo patiently explained.
"Chang'an is so big, we can't get in the palace, who are you looking for there?" Someone asked puzzledly.
"Your Majesty has set up a supervisory office at the three gates of Jinguangmen, Chunmingmen, and Mingdemen, and you can go directly to any of the three gates and inform them of what happened to them, and they will report to the emperor. In addition to these things, you can also go to the supervisor to complain about other unfair things. "Regarding this system, Jingbo thinks it is very good, and it is a good wake-up call for officials at all levels, always alerting them not to mess around.
Don't underestimate these three small supervisory offices, the significance of their representation can be very different, and it can be said that it has directly changed the current means of supervision.
From the previous imperial history supervision, a private report has been added, and the supervisor is under the responsibility of the supervisory hall, the monitoring hall is not high, but it can directly meet the emperor, and has the right to send the received report directly to the ministries, or set up a team to investigate.
Auditors and Imperial Historians coexist, and the two seem to have the same responsibilities, but they are in competition with each other.
"Supervisor, there's a fight ahead!" The little official hurriedly turned back and hurriedly reported.
"Fighting?" Jing Bo was stunned for a moment, and then his face was full of anger, I don't know what time it is? There's not enough time, and you still have the heart to fight? They all want to die, don't they? Although the Tang Dynasty did not have a provision for delayed beheading.
"Well, the little one didn't make it clear, it's not our own people who are fighting, anyway, it's a group of people riding horses, and the little ones don't understand what they say, and when they see that they are beating people, the little ones hurriedly come back." The little official felt that he had not explained it, so he hurriedly explained.
"Turks?"
"No, it's not like Turkic."
"Let's go, let's go ahead!" Jingbo frowned, rode his horse and rushed forward, but he always felt a little unsteady in his heart, and when he passed by, he turned his head to the little official and ordered: "Don't lean forward later, look at my gesture, when I stretch out a finger, you will immediately go to Bashang for help." ”
These laborers in the team are honest peasants, and it is impossible to deliberately look for trouble on the road, and everyone knows that time is very tight, and there is no time to cause trouble.
This sudden appearance of foreign countries, they are even less likely to take the initiative to provoke.
Faintly, Jingbo sensed that these people seemed to be unkind.
Because there were garrisons along the way, and there were too many teams, there were no guards, and the distance here was less than twenty miles, and if it was faster, it would take less than an hour to go back and forth.
The two of them came to the front of the team one after the other, and several men with not very tall stature and slightly dark skin rode on war horses, holding horsewhips and constantly pumping several laborers.
The laborers took refuge around the carriage, but they could not avoid the whips coming from all sides, so they could only resist stubbornly.
The laborers around him wanted to help, but they were suffering from the lack of weapons, and the scimitar on the opponent's waist was not an ornament.
Jingbo is already sure that these people are by no means Turkic, nor are they foreign states that often appear in Chang'an, and foreign countries will never dare to be so bold and presumptuous in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
"Stop!" Jing Bo roared, and directly stretched out a finger, and when the little official in the distance saw it, he immediately turned around and ran.
A foreigner who knew Chinese whispered a few words in the ear of a seemingly noble man, and the man waved his hand, and the few people who were beating up the servants stopped and looked at them with contempt.
"Who are you waiting for? Why assault someone for no reason? Rao knew that he was invincible, but Jing Bo still had to bite the bullet and ask harshly.
"Who are you?" The man in the lead smiled lightly and said with contempt. (Translation required)
"I am Datang, and I am the supervisor of the Nine Grades!" The name on the broadcast is also an official from the nine products, and the deterrent power in front of foreign countries is also very strong.
But this time, this group of foreign countries has obviously refreshed Jingbo's perception of this world.
A petty official from the ninth rank dares to meddle in things? If you want the reason, what's the point of telling you? I saw the leading man smile disdainfully, and said, "He blocked my way, do you think you should fight ......?"