The Ming Dynasty is a strange existence in Chinese history, and in later generations, some people even studied that the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is close to the modern democratic system, which is of course just a family's words, but the emperor said in the court that it is not true, Emperor Chongzhen himself made a decision to agree with Xie Lian's twists and turns, and the ministers must also agree, otherwise they will not be able to implement the emperor's idea. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Emperor Chongzhen has also learned wisely in the struggle with his ministers in recent years, and he used Xie Lian's credit for quelling the rebellion in the court, and successfully passed Xie Lian's excerpt to rebuild Denglai.

Dengzhou and Laizhou have been ravaged by the rebels for more than half a year, and there is no problem in restoring and rebuilding, and Xie Lian does not have a lion to ask the court for silver, and only needs some urgently needed supplies from the provinces. This mess of waste to be rebuilt made Xie Lian worry about it, but the emperor brought a little private goods in his reply, and ordered all localities to support the materials needed for Denglai's reconstruction, from grain, timber, iron and other materials to the specific state and county, and asked Jinyi Wei to send personnel to escort them. What is not noticed is that the iron material supplier is Zhongyang County, Shanxi Province. The emperor stipulated the source of the materials, and there was no need for the ministers to quarrel with the local governor's office, and in the end, it was also a matter of the state and county that could not get the materials, and it had nothing to do with the ministers of the court and the central government, and everyone was happy to be idle.

Jin Yiwei is in charge of escorting the matter looks a little awkward, but Jin Yiwei is neither responsible for receiving nor sending, there should be no oil and water in this, so he will give the emperor face in this small matter, and no longer object.

There is a reason why Emperor Chongzhen used such a big brain, he did not dare to tell the ministers about Xie Lian's secret letter in Shanxi and Shaanxi to appease the hungry people to resist Houjin in Liaodong. For the thieves in Shanxi, the current practice of the imperial court is mainly to suppress, and after the counteroffensive, Jin will definitely be said by the ministers to start a war lightly and waste money and food. Over there, Sun Chengzong was just forced to leave, and there will be no good results if he mentions this matter here. Therefore, the emperor decided to let Xie Lian do it first, if he could achieve results, he would have the capital to deal with the ministers if he won the battle or something.

The emperor's decree soon reached Dengzhou, and the eunuch who sent the decree away, Xie Lian took the decree and said to himself: "It's really started." Xie Lian was still a little worried about his decision. If Zhang Chu rebels again this time, he can't be washed away by jumping into the Yellow River, what he hopes most is to quickly select enough ships to send Zhang Chu and others to Liaodong, no matter what the victory or defeat is, at least their threat to the imperial court is gone.

Xie Lian was not very at ease with Zhang Chu, and often asked the guards to send messages to Zhang Chu to ask him to come and sit for a while when he was free. He felt that Zhang Chu must be young, and if he told him more about the truth of loyalty and patriotism, maybe Zhang Chu would be able to change. Zhang Chu didn't shirk it, and came over to talk to Xie Lian as soon as he was free.

After years of hard study, Xie Lian said that "the cold felt sits through, and the iron inkstone wears through." The first-level examination to the Jinshi, the knowledge is naturally very good. Zhang Chu also likes to listen to him talk about all kinds of truths. At the same time, he often asked Xie Lian about some local affairs, and Xie Lian felt that he still had to guide Zhang Chu on the road of goodness, so he would also give some pointers.

It was found that the relationship between the governor and Yantai general Zhang Chu was not ordinarily good, Zhang Chu often visited the governor's residence, and the two often traveled together to inspect the work, showing intimacy.

At this time, Zhang Chu also had an unexpected gain, when the siege of Laizhou was lifted, the officials and soldiers in the city heard that Xie Lian had been rescued to Dengzhou, and immediately sent someone to send the governor's seal of customs defense. Of course, Zhang Chu accepted it unceremoniously, and then sent it back politely. Many days have passed, and Xie Lian has not seen his governor's seal, because Zhang Chu decided to borrow Xie Lian's seal, and then the utilization rate of the governor's seal has increased greatly. The official document stamped with the governor's seal was passed around along with the emperor's decree to rebuild Denglai. The governor was already the representative of the highest authority in the locality, and there was no room for doubt.

The official document stresses that in order to restore order in Danglai, military control will be implemented in the Tenlai area, and everything should be based on combat, and the area where it is located must obey the dispatch of the security forces.

A strict administrative system was established on the basis of the armor protection system, and Zhang Chu directly sent people to serve as the mayors of each town. The prefects of Dengzhou and Laizhou were both killed at the hands of the rebels, and Zhang Chu directly wrote orders in the name of Xie Lian to arrange for someone to perform his duties, and the lower-level county officials were also killed and injured in the process of rebellion. The security forces took the opportunity to take over the prefectures and counties where no officials performed their duties, and the heads of the counties who were fortunate not to die in the war did not expect that the governor would come to an anti-corruption storm on this occasion of employing people, and wipe out all the surviving leaders in the counties. The rest of the officials who were retained were even more frightened, not knowing when bad luck would fall on their heads, so they could only honestly cooperate with the work of the newly sent chief officer of the security army.

Gradually, the people and squires of Denglai found that the sky had changed, and this change involved all aspects of the people's lives.

The first thing that changed was the government's strict registration of household registration, and everyone who signed the armor protection contract was recorded by the government, and a small iron plate called an ID card was issued. At first, the people were very resistant to this kind of registration, for fear that the government would collect taxes on a per capita basis in the future, but the security forces set up guards everywhere, and those who did not have ID cards would be regarded as remnants of the rebels and caught working in the mines, so everyone rushed to do it.

The image of the government is also changing, and the trial of cases is taken over by specialized courts. A number of minor disputes were assigned to the security forces, which specialize in policing. No one in the government dared to extort money and loot oil and water below. Merchants and wealthy households know that as long as they pay their taxes and hang up their tax stamps, they will have a talisman.

The officials no longer do bad things, on the one hand, because even the top leaders everywhere have been caught by the governor, on the other hand, they find that there is no need to risk a small amount of money for this, the new adults have the habit of giving rewards, every time there is a big thing to do, the adults must make a work plan, the format of the plan is almost the same, first talk about the importance of this matter, then say who is responsible for this matter, when it will be completed, and the required effects are listed one by one, and everyone is very clear when they are working. The last one is the last one that the officials like the most, because the adults will write in the last one of the lists, how much reward the specific person will get after doing the work well. Although this money is not much, it is enough to subsidize the family, and it is taken steadily, there is no need to take people's hands short, look at the eyes of others, and will not be afraid of being held accountable in the future. Therefore, most of the officials worked hard to do the work assigned to them by the adults, and when the time came, they could take the reward money home and live a peaceful and stable life.

The habits of the entire Denglai officialdom have changed, and the people feel that the officials have become incorruptible. As long as you follow the rules, it's much easier.

The people and officials were happy, and the only person who was still worried every day became Zhang Chu again. Because everyone has to ask Zhang Chu for money. (To be continued.) )