After the little yellow door reported to Lu Chengqi, Lu Chengqi nodded secretly. The reaction of Li Jie www.biquge.info pen %fun %pavilion was completely within his expectations. Xiao Huang didn't leave the front foot, Li Jiedu began to arrange work, and he was not affected by Huang Xishi, the former secretary of the Ministry of Works.

In fact, the yamen of the Dashun Dynasty were almost all shouldered by the small officials who could not take the imperial examination, and those high-ranking officials did not have any real talent and hard work. Even if those high-ranking officials leave one by one, under the control of the petty officials, the yamen can still function well, and there is no sense of stagnation. The general chief official of the yamen is actually the microphone responsible for the news, and when the news comes from above, the officials below start to do things. These little officials, if they have a tough backstage, they can still mix with the rank officials of the ninth grade, but it is impossible to really get a real position or promotion.

Lu Chengqi's rebirth time is still short, and he doesn't know much about these officialdom sneaks and rules. If he had known that these petty officials were so miserable, and that they had done much more work a month than a county official, they would have been paid not by the imperial court, but by every official who hired them.

At the beginning of the Dashun Dynasty, it was felt that the previous dynasty's control over the local area was too weak, and further strengthened the centralized rule and strengthened the control over the locality. The policies and regulations formulated by the imperial court were issued to the whole country in the form of edicts, and various information from the local state capitals were also reported to the imperial court in the form of proclamations. The exchange of official documents was more frequent than ever before, and the copying, checking, reviewing, sending, receiving, and transmitting of official documents were mainly completed by the officials of each yamen, who became a bridge between the imperial court and the local state capital.

In addition to handling paperwork and providing guidance to officials, the petty officials in the local government also had to collect taxes, escort official property, manage warehouses, maintain law and order, and other tasks, and the division of labor was also very detailed. The petty officials of these local state capitals are collectively called "public officials", and they can be divided into "warehouse officials" (guarding warehouses), "gang officials" (escorting official property), jiatou (urging taxes), blocking heads (searching and checking for tax evasion), "jailers" (guarding prisons), and security officials (maintaining law and order in the countryside). It can be said that if you count the small officials, the officials of Dashun are the most in all dynasties, which inevitably leads to the phenomenon of redundant officials.

Dashun officials have term limits, usually every three years, and the shortest ones are moved within a few months, and the frequent relocation makes it difficult for these officials to have an in-depth understanding of the actual situation in the region or department where they work. This is not the case with the minor officials, most of whom are natives of their hometown, who have been working in a certain yamen for a long time, are familiar with the various regulations and legal provisions in the yamen, and understand the local social status quo and customs. Therefore, when officials are willing to put down their posture and listen to the advice of the officials, they are often able to find the right way to solve the problem and avoid or reduce the mistakes in policymaking. However, during the reign of the first emperor and Yuanshou, some officials wrote to the imperial court, saying that most of the confidential documents of the Northern Deployment Division were in the hands of small officials, which was easy to cause military aircraft to leak. The imperial court immediately ordered that officials were strictly forbidden to entrust confidential matters to minor officials.

The laws of Dashun are much more complete than those of previous dynasties, and each yamen has special administrative regulations, and the legal provisions are becoming more and more complicated, which makes it difficult for officials who have just taken office to adapt, and when dealing with government affairs, they increasingly rely on the old officials who have been serving in the yamen for a long time and are proficient in the law. Even the edict drafted by the Hanlin scholars had to be read by Confucius before it was issued, so as not to make mistakes, which would be a major event that would cause public anger.

However, some petty officials are also evil officials, and they are more corrupt than some officials. The petty officials were scattered among the yamen at all levels from the imperial court to the local state capital, and their positions were different, and the methods of bribery were also different: the petty officials of the Jinjuanyuan invited profits by leaking secrets; The officials of the three divisions took advantage of the examination of the accounts to solicit bribes, while the officials who managed the property of the government waited for an opportunity to embezzle and steal. The most harmful were the officials of the three provinces of the imperial court, especially the officials in charge of personnel management and the relocation and dismissal of officials. Fortunately, Lu Chengqi withdrew the three provinces and set up a cabinet to suppress this unhealthy trend.

But if you change the soup or not the medicine, the operation of the cabinet also needs small officials. Otherwise, with those twelve ministers alone, they wouldn't be able to do much in a day.

In addition to corruption, it is also common for evil officials to oppress officials, and it is really a long time to see. As specific officials in the government, small officials are subject to officials, and they often achieve their favoritism through dealings with officials: when encountering honest and diligent officials, they temporarily restrain their behavior; In the case of mediocre officials, they will steal power and seize power; When encountering corrupt officials, they will be in cahoots with them. For local officials, whenever they sit in the hall and look around, they are local officials, and it is easy to be overlooked. In this way, it is not this official who is really talking. This is also why local bandits are constantly prohibited, these petty officials are colluding with bandits to seek personal gains, and how dare officials who have no foundation dare to provoke them?

The officials of the local state capital not only made friends with the officials and bandits, but also colluded with the local tycoons to oppress the people. Some encroached on people's land, some forged tax books and stole taxes; What's more, the taxes of the rich are passed on to ordinary households. These acts not only caused a large loss of the imperial court's finances and taxes, but also increased the burden on the households.

Lu Chengqi failed to see the harm of the evil officials, because he was in a high position, and he still lacked personal experience of the people's suffering.

The little yellow gate sent to announce the decree set off at the same time. The Ministry of Industry is relatively close, so it naturally turns fast. And the little yellow gate that went to the forbidden army camp to announce the decree naturally turned slowly. After more than an hour, Xiao Huangmen, who was riding a horse, returned to the palace and reported to Lu Chengqi about Lu Fatzi's order.

Hearing that the fat man Lu was holding the talisman stupidly and couldn't speak, Lu Chengqi couldn't help but laugh, and was a little worried: "This fat man Lu can't be a person with developed limbs and a simple mind, if that's the case, it's not worth cultivating more." I hope he can catch these little bandits, otherwise, I won't be able to protect him......"

Lu Chengqi still has a good impression of this fat man Lu, and he also wants to mention him, but if he can't even complete such a "simple" bandit, then Lu Chengqi will have no choice. It's not that you won't be given a chance, but you don't know how to cherish it!

At the same time, the holy decree and military talisman for the mobilization of the box army have been announced to the various state capitals through the fast horse. This is a long way, and the eunuchs who have to be strong are not up to the task.

Lu Chengqi's meaning is to train an elite army by training the forbidden army. And the local army must slowly all gather in the forbidden army camp for training, and eliminate unqualified soldiers. And then there are the border troops, and they have to do the same. Through unified and effective training, we can train an elite army, which is in line with Lu Chengqi's expectations.

Lu Chengqi can't let the army go on like this, if the Jurchens rise at that time, I'm afraid that in addition to the border army and the forbidden army, there will be no soldiers who can fight, so how can they protect their families and defend the country?

Lu Chengqi's ambition is probably not only to defend against the nomads, but his ambition is to completely conquer the grassland. But the army is unbearable, and no matter how ambitious he is, it is just a flash in the pan...... (To be continued.) )