However, when the Yang family sent a caravan to Guannai to do business, they befriended a strange person from southern Xinjiang, who was the head of a mysterious family that moved from southern Xinjiang to the north, and Fang Zi obtained a little bit of this thing. Lost rosemary is in the Yang family, and it has always been used by Yang Jianli when he accepted Xiaoxing on the first night, often I don't know how many times a night, and the little star who did it was fascinated and obedient, so that the new person who entered the door saw the master's divine might, and it was also to avoid a fire in the inner house. On the second day of his birth, he was still refreshed, and the others in Xuanchengwei did not know the inside story, and there was often a legend that the head of the Yang family was invincible and could be called the world.

When Yang Ming'er got married here, her mother quietly stuffed these things to her, and she didn't say what they were for, only that they had to be ordered on the wedding night.

Yang Ming'er didn't know why, so this dosage was a little too much.

"Master, master, you take it lightly, the concubine has broken herself, and she can't bear the master's ......"

I don't know how long it took, but the light and cheerful voice gradually became painful, but Lian Zining didn't mean to stop at all.

Finally, Yang Ming'er let out a frightened exclamation: "Master, don't." It's not ......."

Lian Zining frowned, and finally stopped, looking at the pool of blood on the mattress and Yang Ming'er's tear-stained face, he gasped roughly, and his strong chest stained with sweat beads rose and fell. He didn't think it was strange, he had been making it for a long time, and today he just played better.

"Master, I'm sorry, but the concubine is really ......" Yang Ming'er looked at him carelessly. There was timidity in his eyes, for fear that he would blame.

Lian Zining twisted her face: "Isn't there anyone else?" ”

He smiled. Suddenly, I got out of bed and got up. Then there were two exclamations, and the two maids were also pulled to the bed.

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"It's a good rain!"

The rain had not stopped, and it was dripping, hitting the roof, flowing down the cyan tiles, ticking down, and smashing on the bluestone slab outside the corridor, making a crisp ding sound.

The window was open, and a gust of wind swept in a thin stream of rain. hit Lian Zining's body and face, with a chill, but he didn't realize it.

The rain rustled on the newly sprouted willow leaves in the yard.

This good rain is a major event for Lian Zining, for Wu Yijun, and for the farmers in the entire Northeast.

The corn in the northeast was planted early, and now the entire Songhuajiang general is under the jurisdiction of the land. It was a busy time for farming, and corn planting was almost complete. And this stage is the most important time for the new crops.

Sometimes. A good rain is enough to affect a year's harvest.

At the very least, the year is off to a good start.

Soft footsteps sounded outside. Then Chen Tong's voice came: "My lord, Mr. Hong's office is here." ”

Shi Dazhu is still in Beijing and has not returned. He took on the role of the Imperial Guard.

Lian Zining said lightly: "Come in!" ”

Then the door was pushed open, and when he heard the footsteps, Lian Zining knew that it was Hong Chaojiao coming. When people are familiar, they can naturally distinguish some details. Hong Chaojiao's footsteps are calm and powerful, unhurried, and generally this kind of person is a big man with a lot of power.

Lian Zining himself is too.

"Xiaguan has seen my lord." Hong Chaojiao's voice came: "Congratulations on your ascension and control of the slave." ”

Lian Zining glanced back at him and smiled slightly: "Lao Hong is here, sit down." ”

He returned to his seat and pointed to a brocade next to him, Hong Chaojiao has always been a straight person, when Lian Zining collected business taxes, he was already very difficult to listen to, this kind of character, in front of Lian Zining, was not so restrained, so he sat down generously.

"You know everything?"

Lian Zining asked.

"Not everyone knows, officials who are roughly at the level of commanders and envoys know that only the lower officials know about the Yamen of the General Office." Hong Chao said with a smile.

"Hmm." Lian Zining nodded: "That's what I called you over for today." ”

Hong Chaojiao sat up straight and said, "My lord, please speak." ”

Lian Zining pondered for a moment and said: "The meaning of the imperial court this time, like the provinces, is to set up three divisions in Nuergan, but among the three divisions, they all command the envoys to control everything, and the political envoys and the criminal envoys are under them, and their existence is a subordinate organization of the envoys. ”

"Nothing." Lian Zining smiled slightly: "This kind of pattern is the same as our current situation. ”

"That's exactly what your lord said."

Hong Chaojiao nodded. Isn't that the case with Wu Yijun now? Lian Zining is the president of the Wuyi Army and the general of Songhuajiang in sole power, and the following government affairs have the general office yamen, and the military is in his hands, as for the investigation of criminal law and the like, it is the MI6 Department shoulder-to-shoulder, and the criminal department, Dali Temple, and Jinyi Wei are all in one.

"You are now in charge of the Yamen of the General Office, and you are in charge of all government affairs, and you are in charge of all government affairs, and it is almost the same as a political envoy to the Yamen. Therefore, if the official wants to come, he will directly turn the general office yamen into the political envoy department, and you, you are the political envoy department. ”

Hong Chaojiao's heart was suddenly excited, as early as when he got the news, he already knew that the position of the head of the political envoy department would definitely not be able to escape from his palm, but when he heard Lian Zining say this sentence himself, it was the city government that had been raised in a high position for a long time with his mind, and he was also in a state of flux.

This is in charge of the government affairs of a province! And with the ambition of this lord, I am afraid that it is not limited to a province.

And half a year ago, he was just a prisoner, divided into one place, defeated and captured, and thought that he was no longer lucky, but he didn't expect that there would be today.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his emotions, and asked, "My lord, who is participating in politics?" ”

Lian Zining stretched out his finger and pointed at himself: "I'm both." ”

Hong Chaojiao suddenly realized that the adult was involved in politics. It doesn't really mean that you have to take care of many things, but it's just reminding yourself. He wants to take control.

Lian Zining said slowly: "This political envoy is the same as our current general office. There are many differences, including the entire Nuer Gandusi region, it is conceivable that those few people will definitely not hand over their authority easily, but it doesn't matter, what they don't give, I will take it myself, after all, it will be under control! Tell me about it now. Under the yamen of this general office, how many people are on errands, and how many functions are there? ”

"Yes, sir." Hong Chaojiao cleared his throat and said: "Now the general office of the yamen is divided into two steps, inside and outside, corresponding to the imperial court, and the inner refers to the yamen in the Zhenyuan Mansion. Directly under the general office of the yamen. Outside, it refers to the county governance that we are now in control. ”

"The yamen directly under the general office is known as six departments, five divisions, six courts, and one government."

"Oh?" Lian Zining didn't expect that there would be these doorways. Interested: "Let's listen carefully." ”

Hong Chaojiao smiled bitterly and said, "Our general office yamen has been set up for a long time, but you don't even know which yamen are inside, my lord." You really don't care about us civil servants at all! ”

Lian Zining snorted. Coping with the past.

Hong Chaojiao is right, he doesn't care what the Ming Dynasty is like. Generally speaking, Wu Yijun is now a military group, and it is still developing at a high speed, far from reaching its peak. This is destined to make the civilian group destined to be an appendage of the generals, and everything is for the purpose of the war, and Lian Zining did just that, the reason why he put so much effort into governing the territory under his jurisdiction was just to provide sufficient logistics and material supplies for military operations. Only when a dynasty is established, there are no strong enemies around, you can enter Kuma with swords and guns and put Nanshan, and the need for civil rule exceeds the need for martial arts, will the role of civil officials be highlighted.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty has been in front of the Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle three dynasties, the status of the military generals is still greatly more than the civil officials, until the Hongxi period began to decline, to the orthodox year of the change of the civil fort, the military generals among the nobles died in the civil fort cleanly, Yu Qian with the three grades of civil officials dared to kill the first rank of the military generals in public, and finally the status of the civil officials completely surpassed the generals, so far declined. This also laid a deep hidden danger for the Ming Dynasty's military preparation.

And having learned the lessons of the Ming Dynasty, Lian Zining will ensure that at least in his lifetime, the status of civil officials will not surpass that of military generals, especially now, it can only be an appendage.

Hong Chaojiao didn't think much of it, and continued: "The six departments refer to the official office, the household office, the ritual office, the military office, the criminal department, and the work department, which are modeled after the six departments of the imperial court, the household rites, the soldiers, and the criminal work. The functions are also average, but ......" Hong Chaojiao smiled: "It's all discounted." The right to appoint personnel is in the hands of your lordship, and this official office is just a messenger, and the following officials only put a lang in it as an ornament. This military office, all the armies of the Wu Yi Army, all the decision-making, the appointment and dismissal of officers, the grain and grass attack, the preparation of carriages and horses, are all controlled by the adults, and there are more logistics departments, recruit departments, ordnance bureaus and other functions below, and there is really no need to set up, the lower officials are just a scene, this military office is an empty shelf, and there is no official in it. As for the Criminal Bureau, now MI6 is comparable to the Jinyi Guard of the National Dynasty, integrating investigation, criminal investigation, arrest, action, interrogation, judgment, and killing, regardless of the government and the people, it is like this, it is in this Criminal Bureau, there is nothing else, just a large courtyard, and a large dungeon is built underneath. The man in this torture office is also the head of the prison, and there are only twenty jailers under him. And the Rites Department, we don't need that stuff here, it's better than nothing to put it there. Oh yes, some time ago, the Khan kings of various ministries entered Beijing, and the Rites Office was really lively for a while. ”

The humor he said was obviously complaining, but it made people unable to get angry when they heard it, Lian Zining laughed: "Listening to you say this, it's really pitiful." ”

"It's not, but there are also those who are not pitiful." Hong Chaojiao obviously held back for a long time, and at this time he talked endlessly, and said: "For example, the household office is in charge of the collection of autumn grain every year, the distribution of seeds, the rationing of cultivated cattle, the repayment of rented cultivated cattle, etc., but it has a lot of real power. There is also the Department of Industry, which is in charge of the construction of various cities, large and small projects, when our Zhenyuan Mansion was just built. They're in the limelight! Now they are busy every day, that is, these two yamen. ”

"With these two, you're busy enough!" Lian Zining smiled faintly: "Now is the busy season for farming. Farming at this time is a big deal. It is a matter of a year's harvest, and you must not ignore it, but you must restrain the officials below and never delay the agricultural time. And send more officials to watch below, don't give some opportunities to make mistakes. ”

"Yes, Xia Guan is awake. In the past two days, the household office has sent dozens of people down to check and patrol around. Hong Chaojiao hurriedly responded.

Lian Zining asked casually: "The road repair is under the management of the Public Works Department." ”

"That's right." Hong Chao replied.

Lian Zining glanced at him and saw that his face was not different. Fang Zi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said, "Tell me how it's going." ”

"Yes." Hong Chaojiao is really the kind of workaholic-like character, cleared his throat, and said unhurriedly: "According to your plan, my lord, the roads in our Songhuajiang General's territory are a total of two trunks, and the first one is along the Songhua River, northeast and southwest. this road. Now it is from Zhenyuan Mansion to the Wuren Wild Wood Office, Qileniwei, Kaolang Wuwei, Kemuwei, Zafei Hewei, and Futiwei, and now it is fifty miles away from Fusi Ganwei. It is expected that within two months, it will be able to build the big city of Zhubang. The other trunk is from Zhenyuan Mansion to the south of Mangita City. Yaoqi Station, all the way south to Xuanchengwei. Then turn west and lead to Phtivy. ”

"It's the main road. It is more than 1,700 miles long, all of them are in a uniform format, two feet wide and three feet wide, and the foundation is a compacted loess, two feet thick, and a layer of gravel is paved on it, which is one inch and six minutes thick. The middle of the road is high, and the two sides are low, which is conducive to drainage, and there are many irrigation canals or specially built drainage ditches on both sides. Every three zhang, there is a big tree. However, in many areas, the road passes directly through the dense forest, so this kind of tree is not necessary. ”

"In addition, there is a branch road, which is a branch road from the main road to the major villages and towns, this one is longer, adding up to more than 3,100 li, which is presided over by the local government, and we allocated money to build it."

Lian Zining nodded, and Hong Chaojiao continued: "In addition, some time ago, we have sent people to cross the Jiangbei and prepare to build two main roads, one to the east to the north and the other to the west to the north, connecting the newly established forty counties. ”

"The results are good." Lian Zining approved, and suddenly asked, "How much money did you spend in total?" ”

Hong Chaojiao smiled: "It's only one million and two thousand taels." ”

Lian Zining was slightly surprised, this silver, it is indeed not much to build such a long road. It can also be seen from this that no matter how many cats are stored in the yamen of the general office, at least this efficiency is still not low.

"Cheng, let's talk about this matter first, and then talk about your officials over there."

Hong Chao replied and said: "In addition to these six divisions, there are five divisions, and these five divisions are the Dali Division, the Taichang Division, the Guanglu Division, the Taifu Division, and the Honglu Division. It was also built in imitation of the regulations of the imperial court, but now it is an empty yamen. ”

He smiled bitterly: "Dali Division is in charge of the criminal name, which goes without saying, we don't have the courage to grab food with MI6." He is often in charge of imperial music, and you really don't need these except to listen to the piano in the back house when you have spare time. Guanglu Division and Taifu Division can be more or less reliable, but your meals are all brought by your own chef, and the horse elephant is managed by a hundred households, so the Taifu Temple can be a little bit related to the army, but the errands of the horse farm are in the hands of the logistics department, and we are helpless. Except for one name, there is not even an official, and there is no office location. ”

Lian Zining smiled: "It's useless for you to leave me here to complain, these things are useless now, and they definitely won't have any power at all." ”

"Xia Guan woke up, but his heart was not smooth, and if he said two sentences, he could be regarded as having a clear idea." Hong Chaojiao smiled: "The six courtyards are the Metropolitan Inspection Academy, the General Administration Academy, the Teaching Academy, the Qintian Academy, the Tai Hospital, and the Monk Academy. Among them, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Tongzheng Yuan are also furnishings, the Qintian Yuan is to forecast the weather, detect the flood and drought, and the lower officials invited four or five old fishermen who are fishing on the Songhua River to sit in the town, not to mention, these old people are really accurate in seeing the sky, and they saw this rain yesterday and the day before yesterday. ”

"Oh? And what's going on? Lian Zining was curious and asked: "

Lian Zining laughed and praised: "Lao Hong, you can be regarded as an eclectic talent!" ”

From this little thing alone, it can be seen that Hong Chaojiao is not only very broad-minded, but also does things informally. It's a bit of a fantasy.

At least invite a few old fishermen to come to Qin Tiansi to do things, Lian Zining thought that he couldn't think of it.

"Your Excellency has won the prize." Hong Chaojiao also smiled a little smugly. He continued: "The hospital is responsible for recruiting doctors from the private sector and training apprentices. These apprentices didn't have to know much about medicine, they basically practiced two things - knife work and hand speed. Cut off the rotten flesh and rotten flesh scars, the knife medicine is stable and ruthless, and the medicine is sprinkled with wine and wrapped in bandages to be fast and accurate. Now there are more than 200 doctors in the hospital, and because the things that need to be learned are quite simple, those apprentices can be trained in two months, and now they have supplied thousands of military doctors to the logistics department. The monastic monastery is in charge of the monks and Taoist priests in our jurisdiction, but this northern land is really patriarchal, according to statistics. The total number of monasteries and five Taoist temples is only fifteen. ”

"The Teaching Academy is the most prominent one, in charge of the large and small academies and examination teachings in various places, speaking of which, the lower officials are just about to say, my lord, when will we reopen the township examination?" Hong Chaojiao stared at Lian Zining with blazing eyes, his eyes were full of expectation: "Due to the small number of Han people who moved in to the territory of General Songhuajiang, the literary style is invincible, so the imperial court will not hold a township test here at all. Those who have won the talent in the local county town want to participate in the township examination, they have to go to the Liaodong Governor's District, thousands of miles away, and they can't stand it even if they sell their property when they go back and forth. There are a lot of people who read books. There are also many talents, but there are very few people. If the adults can reopen the village examination, and select and appoint officials from it. It will inevitably win the hearts of the scholars and squires! ”

Listening to Hong Chaojiao's words, Lian Zining couldn't help but be silent for a while.

Frankly. He has also thought about the reopening of the imperial examination more than once. After all, with the expansion of power, a large number of civil officials are needed to work for it, and the only way to select civil officials, in this era, is the imperial examination.

There is only the imperial examination.

But it is not without its drawbacks.

He naturally understood the meaning of Hong Chaojiao, and even knew the hidden meaning that Hong Chaojiao did not say - with the reopening of the imperial examination and a large number of people being appointed as officials, the power of civil officials will definitely increase greatly, and their status will also improve a lot. The local scholars are often accompanied by the support of the local squire, so that the civil power and the local squire can be linked together, and the benefits are naturally many.

For the current Lian Zining, he doesn't want to see this situation appear.

And now these scholars are not the ones that Lian Zining wants, and being full of economy does not mean that they have the ability to govern a place.

He thought for a moment and said lightly: "This matter, put it aside for the time being!" More on that later. Now we and the imperial court, after all, we haven't torn our faces yet, if the imperial examination is reopened, it will inevitably make a big fuss, and the face must not look good. Besides, you also know that when I employ people, I don't want to look at the articles and economic development, but only look at the level of ability, and what to test and how to take the test have to be discussed separately. ”

Hong Chaojiao was a little disappointed in his heart, but he didn't expect Lian Zining to agree now, just mentioned it slightly, laying a foreshadowing.

"The last remaining mansion is Zhenyuan Mansion, which is directly in charge of the world of Zhenyuan Mansion, but now although Zhenyuan Mansion is large, it is full of soldiers, and the people can't see any of them. Either it is the mansion of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, but it is not something that he can afford to provoke as a small official, it is set up with this yamen, but the prefect of Zhenyuan Mansion is not in the city at all, only lives outside, after all, there are many villages and towns around Zhenyuan Mansion, and he is in charge of these messy trivial matters such as collecting taxes and measuring land. ”

Hong Chao said: "That's all there is to it, plus the more than 50 counties in the local area, we have a total of more than 400 officials, more than 1,300 miscellaneous servants, 5,300 taels per month, and more than 118,000 taels of various expenses. ”

Lian Zining nodded: "In my opinion, among your yamen duties, there are few useful and many furnishings. The Yamen of the General Office will be changed to the Department of Political Envoys, which is a major change, and many things must be decided on at least for a few years, and they cannot be changed again. It's to recruit you this time, that's what it means: if you don't have it, get rid of it. However, some yamen who are too broad and have too much authority are diverted and separated. The government affairs are all in your hands, you look at the change, give you two days, and the day after tomorrow at this time, hand me a charter. ”

"Yes, my lord, the next official will live up to expectations." Hong Chao responded, still a little unrelenting: "What about the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple of the Criminal Department? (To be continued.) )