Chapter 275 Road

If he wanted Zhu Chongjiu to choose at this moment, whether it was difficult to destroy an old world or build a new world, he would definitely choose the latter without hesitation.

If he is willing to let go now, taking advantage of the opportunity that the Mengyuan court has not yet relieved his breath and the officials in the south have not yet understood where the defects of firearms are, he can lead his soldiers and horses to kill the Yangtze River and sweep the land of Wu Yue, however, if he lays down a large piece of land and cannot establish his own regime, he will probably face the same result as Bu Wangsan and Monk Peng, who will lose one piece and lose one piece, and finally cannot even find a place to stay.

It takes people to establish their own power, and these talents, which are now almost entirely in the hands of the bureaucrats and the local gentry, will find it difficult for the new regime to gain a foothold if they are not admitted and their old privileges are recognized, and if they are recognized, they will be admitted to the ranks, and then they will do everything possible to expand their influence, and then the new regime will be no different from the old regime that has been overthrown.

This is no longer a subconscious behavior, but the instinct engraved in the bones of the scholars, they should share the world with the royal family, rule the world together, and those rebels, either turn themselves into their accomplices, or be ruthlessly abandoned by them after being hollowed out, and no other third way out is allowed, otherwise, a large part of them would rather collude with foreign clans and sell the whole of China to foreign invaders, and will not let their interests suffer the slightest loss.

Rather with friends, not with domestic slaves, in the history of another time and space, it is not the Empress Dowager Cixi's own Ming, when Li Zicheng forced Emperor Chongzhen to die in the coal mountain, those who opened the gate to lead the way for the Qing army, scrambling to be the first to shave and obey, but they are all plain and loyal scholars, and even hundreds of years later, they are still wielding a wonderful pen, and the crimes committed by their collusion with foreign races are all firmly placed on the heads of Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others, regardless of how much dirty water is splashed.

For example, the Great Western Army, which "slaughtered" 600 million people in Sichuan, was able to gather undead troops to resist sixteen years after Zhang Xianzhong's death, from Sichuan, which is said to have been slaughtered by them to the deserted Sichuan, (Note 1)

Another example is Li Zicheng, who was "corrupt in military discipline", but in the 42 days of the "barn and plunder", he could not find a single record against ordinary people, but those old and young remnants of the former dynasty who had been "persecuted" by the intruding army lined up to find Emperor Dashun to be an official, and because of their qualifications, they used their fists and feet to "cordially greet" each other until they were beaten to death

No matter how thick Zhu Chongjiu's nerves are, after having these memories, he doesn't dare to take the gentry and officials of the former dynasty lightly, he doesn't want to be a few hundred years later, when others talk about the Huai'an army, they will immediately count the atrocities committed by Totoku and others on his head, and he doesn't want to be dug up and whipped by the scholars and doctors of later generations after his death.

He didn't know where his path was, but with hundreds of years of memory, he at least knew which roads didn't work.

Therefore, he could only take precautions from the beginning, and accept the old officials and scholars to a limited extent without using the knife as much as possible, and at the same time immediately set about building his own civil service team.

And this choice is undoubtedly in line with the interests of the vast majority of people in the Huaiyang Governor's Office, especially after pondering the meaning contained in Article 3, "Virtuous do not avoid relatives", almost all of them showed a grateful smile on their faces.

As the so-called poor in the downtown no one asks, the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and they sit in their position in the Huaiyang Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, try to ask who has few relatives and friends to come to the door to seek care, I didn't know what Mr. Zhu meant before, and I couldn't afford to catch Mr. Su who bit who was like a watchdog, even if everyone had the intention of taking care of their own people, they didn't dare to do it too explicitly, now it's okay, Mr. Zhu personally opened the mouth to everyone, if anyone doesn't seize the opportunity, it is pretentious, and everyone is not polite to him.

"The chief manager Hongen, his subordinates will be rewarded for breaking their bones."

"Don't worry, minister, the minister must call the most competitive child in the family and the family, and lead the horse for the chief manager."

"Minister, the minister has a distant cousin who has admired the governor of Dadu for a long time, and the minister, the minister will write a letter to him to come over and listen to the call."

"The last general has two younger brothers, but he can be driven by the governor."

Immediately, the high-level officials of the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion expressed their willingness to contribute all the talents around them to work for Manager Zhu, as if anyone who recommended less was not loyal enough, and even secretly compared with each other, lest they suffer a loss and let others take advantage.

In the end, it was Lu Lu who had acted old and spicy, and now things were going to change their taste, so he quickly coughed a few times and announced with a straight face, "There must be a rule for everything, the lord let everyone recommend the virtuous, I believe in your mind and vision, but here in the bureau, the old man must say ugly things to the front, each person has a maximum of five places per year, each place is only used once, after the talent comes to Yangzhou, it must go through the unified check of the bureau, unified dispatch, who is indiscriminate, and finally was wiped out, and the quota was abolished, Don't blame the old man for not being emotional. (Note 2)

"If the recommended talents get official positions, but they refuse to work hard, or collude with foreign enemies, don't expect to eat any melons." Mr. Su's face has always been dark, and he paused on the ground with an iron cane covered with gold, and added coldly.

"That's natural, the household department will regularly evaluate them, with merit, the recommender also has a light on his face, if the corpse is vegetarian, he can only be dismissed according to the rules, and at that time, the old man will not look at who recommended him, so he will leave a little more affection."

"If you really want to work for our Huaiyang Governor's Office, but you are slightly lacking in talent, you can go to the government first, and the school bureau will supply rice, food, books, and clothes on a monthly basis." Lu Kun was afraid that his father would be angry, so he immediately added something.

The three of them sang with white faces and red faces, but it also made everyone speechless, after all, the farther the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion goes in the future, the more it will be in line with the interests of everyone, and when they are striving upward, fools will drag their own people back.

"Not only to be an official, if you want to find a place to dive into learning, or open a academy, Zhu will definitely welcome him, and he can't guarantee anything else, he should still have a regular allocation of gold and silver for each academy, we Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, now, the most important thing may be money." lest everyone lose their enthusiasm by Lu Luzeng and Su Mingzhe, Zhu Chongjiu remedied it in time.

When the words fell, there was a burst of heartfelt laughter in the council hall, and everyone, whether in the military or civilian officials, would never deny that his lord was definitely the best in the world in terms of making money.

Not to mention that in the name of tight supply, the more expensive the four-pound cannon, that is, cement, soap and other items, can now make the governor's mansion make money every day, plus the Huaiyang firm's share capital bills that are constantly turning over and rising, the entire governor's mansion is called gold.

Therefore, taking out some money and helping some celebrities to open academies in Yangzhou will not cause any burden on the finances of the Grand Governor's Mansion at all, on the contrary, sponsoring these celebrities and scholars from afar can also create the impression of respecting Confucianism and virtue in the Huaiyang Grand Governor's Mansion to the outside world, so that the Grand Governor's Mansion will stand out more and more from other red scarf forces.

Good reputation, although on the surface, does not play any role in this troubled world, but in fact, the subtle power is very huge, such as the current Huai'an army, fighting with any enemy, once the opponent sees that the general trend has gone, will not do the battle of trapped beasts, without him, Zhu Fozi's reputation for not killing prisoners has already spread, anyone who has three hangs and five hangs in his hand, as long as he puts down his arms, he will have the opportunity to redeem himself, why bother to go all the way to the black, not to mention, even if there is no money to atone for his sins, As long as it is not as heinous as Zhang Mingjian, you can still do hard labor to offset the debt, that is, three or five months, you can be released after a casual boil, and it is said that you can get a severance pay when you leave, so why not.

In addition, because of the good reputation, the people at the bottom are also very supportive of the Huai'an Army, and more than seventy percent of the spies who were caught some time ago, as well as the gentry whose conspiracy was exposed, were secretly exposed by the common people, which made the Great Governor's Office undoubtedly save a lot of effort in consolidating political power, and at the same time, it also made officials and generals at all levels more and more confident in their future.

There is a saying that if you are not afraid of short knowledge, you are afraid of not having the opportunity to see, when the huge dividends brought by the current good reputation, whether it is Huang Laowei, Mr. Su, or Chen Ji, Luo Ben and others who later entered the imperial examination, they have now begun to instinctively maintain the overall image of the Huaiyang Department, so they are 120 in favor of funding the academy to give the students face.

"Family teacher, family teacher had a friend back then" took a deep breath, Yangzhou prefect Luo Ben said boldly, "He is a great talent in the world, astronomy and geography, calendar and magic numbers, almost all of them are fine, but, just this person before, before"

"No, as long as he is willing to come, you can write to ask, as for what he has done before, as long as it doesn't hurt nature, it doesn't matter." Lest Luo Ben had any concerns, Zhu Chongjiu interrupted very cheerfully.

Because he had just met Shi Nai'an and Shen Fu in the evening, he was full of expectations for the people recommended by Robben, and the latter did not disappoint him, and soon, he packed up the apprehension in his heart, arched his hand, and added loudly: "He used to be an official on Meng Yuan's side, but because he refused to go with others, so he has always been depressed. ”

"I was an official on Meng Yuan's side." Zhu Chongjiu hesitated slightly, but when he saw Lu Luzeng, he immediately made up his mind, "It's okay, as long as he is willing to come, you can send him a letter, what is the name of this person, is he very prestigious among Shilin." ”

"His name is Liu Ji, the word Bowen, and he is a Jinshi in the first year of Yuantong." Robben thought about it and responded, (Note 3)

Note 1: The matter of Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Shu has been widely circulated, and some people have actually sworn to record that 60,000 were killed, that is, 600 million, and the total population of China at that time was only more than 100 million.

Note 2: In the above, the relationship between the bureaus and the household bureaus was confused, and it should be the bureau, not the bureau, that is responsible for selecting talents, and it has been changed.

Note 3: This chapter and the previous chapter are some of Zhu Chongjiu's feelings, which are a little messy, but they can't be ignored, if you don't like it, you can skip it.

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!