Chapter 56: The Storm (I)

Slowly, this may be the only method that Zhu Chongjiu can adopt at the moment. Unless he wants to destroy the Huaiyang regime, which has been established with countless lives and blood, with his own hands.

Obviously, he didn't kill decisively to that extent, nor did he have the courage to overturn the achievement in front of him and start all over again. After really calming down, he can only choose the least costly and gentlest solution. Although the effect of such a solution will be very slow and even very suspicious.

After all, he is not Zhu Yuanzhang in another time and space, nor Robespierre in the French Revolution. The former can not hesitate to kill anyone who dares to stand in their way. The latter, on the other hand, went through the great revolutions again and again, and finally sent himself to the guillotine...

In Zhu Chongjiu's body, he lacks the same courage and persistence as the previous two. Moreover, in the memory of another time and space, it is also clearly proved that greed and selfishness will accompany the development of human history. No country can eradicate it. The rule of the ancients, in which the world is for the public, only exists in the dream of Confucianism. One billion Shenzhou is just a beautiful expectation for an old man.

So after hiding in the inner house and licking the wounds, the next morning, Zhu Chongjiu took the initiative to summon Su Mingzhe and Lu Luzeng to the chief manager's study, and began to understand the situation calmly, and calmly discussed the solution with the two.

Similar to what he guessed the night before, Su and Lu were indeed afraid that the spread would be too wide, so they opened their mouths to intercede for Han Lao Liu. And the specific solutions that these two old ministers could think of were generally not beyond the scope of the discussions of Lu Shuang'er, Lu Furong and others last night.

The first move is to demarcate the time point and use the change of situation as an excuse to stop officials at all levels from wantonly placing private individuals in a big way from now on.

The second trick is the core officials of the Grand Governor's Office, each of whom has three referral quotas per year. Within the quota, they can allocate it themselves. In addition to the quota, any recommendation must be reported to the official bureau first, and then after a unified assessment, it will be decided whether to hire or not.

The third move is to announce that the bureaus will conduct regular assessments of officials at all levels and military generals at all levels. Those who fail to pass the performance appraisal, regardless of the referee behind them, will be demoted and used, up to the reduction of the public.

The fourth trick is relatively harsh. It stipulates that officials are jointly and severally liable while recommending talents. In the first five years, when the referee commits a major mistake, the referee will also be held accountable for not knowing the person. Within the first five years, if the referee has made a great achievement, he will also be rewarded with a certain amount of money.

The fifth trick, which seems to have little to do with the previous regulations, is actually an opportunity to prevent officials from "selling" referral quotas. It was decreed by the Governor's Office that anyone who received more than 10 gifts would be punished as a beneficiary. Regardless of whether there is a transaction between the two parties with or without the right to money, both the giver and the bribe recipient will be prosecuted

The sixth move is to prohibit the relatives and friends, elders, sons and nephews of leading generals and civilian officials at all levels from interfering in military and government affairs. If anyone dares to commit another offense, the civil and military officials themselves will be directly prosecuted. If it is discovered that there is a situation of selling official positions or forming a party for personal gain, it will be investigated to the end and will not be tolerated

There are a total of 12 articles. Each of them is set in response to the problems that have been discovered so far, and it can be regarded as a remedy.

In this way, Han Laoliu's culpability is very easy to judge. In the past two years, the wanton promotion of private individuals has been carried out on orders and cannot be criminalized. There is no obvious favoritism or malpractice in the position of ambassador of Yanzheng, and the accounts are clear, so he is also not impeached. As for receiving gifts from the referee, since there was no previous rule that it was not allowed to be accepted, and the amount did not reach 10 times, it is also possible to be not guilty in the past. However, he thought that among the talents he recommended, there were three who secretly smuggled and sold arms, and he was destined to be implicated.

Therefore, the officials of the Great Governor's Office dismissed Han Lao Liu from his post as the salt ambassador in accordance with the rules. However, on the basis of his past merits and the fact that most of the talents he recommended were still qualified, he was demoted to the position of governor of the Yangzhou Road Yamen Military Section, specifically responsible for the recruitment of new recruits and the pension and resettlement of disabled soldiers. The three who stole and sold gunpowder to friendly troops without permission were handed over to the military bureau for severe punishment in accordance with military law.

As soon as the news came out, many people in the entire Grand Governor's Mansion breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Because according to Han Laoliu's example, their previous actions of secretly finding a way for their clansmen and relatives and friends can be written off. As long as the offense is not repeated in the future, the boss will never be held accountable.

There are also some relatively well-informed people who learned the fact that Zhu Chongjiu was vomiting blood through various channels, and they couldn't help but shiver a few times in their hearts. I swore secretly that I would never do such a stupid act again because of a small mistake. Because although the chief steward promised not to pursue it, who knows if he will keep the previous things in mind. In case it affects everyone's position in the new dynasty in the future, it will be too late to cry at that time.

There are only a few people who are really not very bright, and they feel that Zhu Chongjiu is a little too cold. But the whining they uttered was soon completely drowned out by the spitting stars around them. Because almost all my colleagues around me still remember how miserable they were by corrupt officials four years ago. So I don't think that after I become an official, I can do as much as the original Mengyuan official. is even more unwilling, his actions will one day provoke a popular uprising, and let himself fall into the same fate as the officials who were killed by the people back then.

After all, this team is still young and not terminally ill. And the officials at all levels still firmly remember the reason why they were forced to rebel with knives, and they are unwilling to repeat the mistakes of the Mengyuan officials. Therefore, within two months of the issuance of the "clean government" order of the Grand Governor's Office, many of the emerging trends were quickly curbed. At least, on the surface, the cronyism of officials at all levels has changed dramatically.

Those who are excellent and reliable in the Fuxue and Jixian Yuan can get a relatively good position even if they don't have a recommendation. Those who have taken shortcuts with the help of others have found that in addition to the relative ease of entry, they will have to rely on their own feet for a long time to come. Once promised to take care of his relatives and friends, he became very unsympathetic, and he didn't dare to stand up for anyone anymore.

As for how long this "clean government" storm can blow and how long the effect can last in the end, it is difficult for Zhu Chongjiu to judge. Because, soon, there was more important information on his desk.

Something happened to the Tianwan regime...

In mid-June, Ni Wenjun, the left prime minister of Tianwan Kingdom, led 100,000 elites under his command and defected to Mengyuan. He was awarded the title of Marshal of Pingzhang Government and Volunteer Soldier of Huguang Province by the Mengyuan Imperial Court. The three prefectures of Huangzhou, De'an, and Anlu, which had just been restored for a few days after the Tianwan regime, once again fell into the hands of Daya Badulu, the prime minister of Mengyuan and Sichuan provinces. The door of the national capital of the Tianwan Dynasty is open, and it is in danger...

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