Hukou County Yahou House, study.

Li Yuntian sat behind his desk and looked at the few pieces of paper in his hand, on which were the news sent back by the eyeliner sent into the Long Ye's bandit's lair.

On the chair in front of the desk sat Yang Yungui, leisurely drinking tea there, he was now not only the official of the torture room, but also the person in charge of the two eyeliner.

In the entire Hukou County, only Li Yuntian and Yang Yungui knew the identities of those two eyeliners, and even Li Manshan didn't know that Li Yuntian had sent a message to Long Ye's bandit nest.

"A plate of loose sand, a rabble!" After putting down the few pieces of paper in his hand, Li Yuntian couldn't help but sneer.

According to the information sent back by the eyeliner, although Long Ye is now outnumbered, the newly joined water bandits not only have many contradictions with Long Ye's subordinates, but also often fight with each other.

In July alone, there were several fights in the Long Ye bandits' lair, killing and injuring dozens of people.

It's not that Long Ye doesn't want to reorganize those newly recruited water bandits, but those water bandits are not stupid, after Long Ye forcibly swallowed a few water bandits, the remaining water bandits then united together to fight against Long Ye's annexation, which made Long Ye have to think in the long run.

And when it comes to Long Ye's water bandits, then I have to mention Wu Scar, as one of the three major water bandits who were on an equal footing with Long Ye in the past, Wu Scar defected to Long Ye and was arranged by Long Ye to become the second leader, and sat in the second position, which can be regarded as a corporal Lixian.

However, Wu Scar's second leader is only in name, and Long Ye is doubly wary of him, and now Wu Scar has no one in his hands except for the old department, let alone any real power.

Perhaps because of the sympathy for the same disease, the leaders of the bandits who had not yet been swallowed up by Long Ye secretly communicated with Wu Scar, hooked up with them in private, and fought hotly, wanting Wu Scar to lead them against Long Ye.

This has aroused the vigilance of Long Ye, so he secretly killed the killer, and several of the leaders of the water bandits who had a good time died without explanation, which made the atmosphere in the water bandits seem tense and depressing.

"It's too hasty, it's too fast."

Yang Yungui smiled and put down the teacup in his hand, Long Ye's ambition was also too big, he wanted to take advantage of Wang San's annihilation and Wu Scar's desperation to become the water overlord of Poyang Lake, how could this convince other water bandits? There is no doubt that there is a hidden danger of instability.

If it were him, then naturally he would take it step by step, simmer slowly, and subdue and reorganize those bandits little by little, anyway, there is no one on Poyang Lake who can fight against Long Ye now, why bother to eat a fat man in one bite?

"Next year is the year of the big plan, this official may have to leave, before that, we must take down this water bandit, otherwise there will be endless troubles." Li Yuntian's brows furrowed, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

In the Ming Dynasty, the officials were divided into two types: Beijing inspection and external inspection.

Jingcha is the assessment of Beijing officials, including officials in the south and north of Beijing, the first year of Hongwu is set as a three-year examination, and the later period of Hongwu is set as a ten-year examination.

The external inspection is the assessment of the magistrate, usually also known as the "big plan", which is an examination every three years, and the results are divided into four grades, from the highest to the end is excellent, competent, incompetent and unqualified.

Examine the promotion of those who excel; Competent candidates are retained or transferred; incompetence is demoted; Those who do not meet the requirements are deposed.

The Ming system, the officials who were deposed in the great plan will never be reused.

The purpose of the existence of the Jingcha and the Daji system is to reward the good and punish the bad, so that officials at all levels can fulfill their duties, but with the struggle of interests, they have gradually become a tool for party struggle, taking advantage of the fact that the Jingcha and the Daji Party are fighting against dissidents and cracking down on dissidents.

During his two years in Hukou County, Li Yuntian not only made meritorious contributions in suppressing bandits, but also punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the county government, and made great efforts to make the country prosperous.

When the Jiangxi political secretary is in the year of the big plan, he will report the annual evaluation of Jiangxi officials to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials will definitely give Li Yuntian an "excellent" evaluation result after the audit, that is to say, he will be promoted.

Generally speaking, there are two places for promoted officials to go, one is to stay in the local area and serve in the institutions under the Jiangxi Political Envoy Department, and the other is to be transferred back to the capital and enter the capital to serve in the ministries and institutes of the capital.

Of course, Li Yuntian is going back to the capital, and his first target now is the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlin people of the Hanlin Academy are the scholars with the highest social status in the Ming Dynasty, and they can be described as the elite of the elites among the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, with superior social status and great reputation.

Therefore, Li Yuntian must exterminate the gang of water bandits Long Ye before leaving, and create a good development environment for the Baishui Town trading market.

"Late September is the fiftieth birthday of Long Ye, and the leaders of the big and small water bandits in Poyang Lake will go to congratulate them, and we can take this opportunity to exterminate them in one fell swoop." Yang Yungui knew that Li Yuntian would definitely be leaving next year, so he pondered for a while and said, "It seems that I am going to trouble Lord Yang again." ”

The location of the water area where the dragon master's nest is located is not within the jurisdiction of Jiujiang Prefecture, so it involves the issue of cross-regional law enforcement, and it must be coordinated by Yang Demin, the governor of Jiujiang Prefecture.

"Lord Yang is probably going to move this time." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and then said with a smile, "He has been the prefect of Jiujiang for six years, and he has no merit and hard work. ”

"My lord, I have already found out about Master Long's eyeliner in Baishui Town, and I will definitely be able to find him out within this month." Yang Yungui remembered something and reported to Li Yuntian in a deep voice.

Li Yuntian felt that with Long Ye's treacherous treachery, he would definitely send someone to Hukou County to investigate the news, so he asked Yang Yungui to investigate this matter privately.

"Don't touch him after finding out, we will rely on him to give that dragon master a reassuring pill at that time." Li Yuntian smiled slightly and said meaningfully.

"My subordinates understand." Yang Yungui also laughed, Li Yuntian's thoughts coincided with him.

"Youyuan, do you want to stay here or go to the capital next year?" Li Yuntian took a sip of the boiled water next to the table and looked at Yang Yungui with a smile.

Yang Yungui's character is far away, and when there are no outsiders, Li Yuntian calls him by word or name in private, which is cordial.

"Where the adults go, they will follow you from afar, and you will be able to do a vigorous career by your side." Yang Yungui's eyes lit up, and he said loudly, looking high-spirited.

The cynical Yang Yungui has been stumbling in Hukou County for several years, and now he finally met Li Yuntian, a confidant and Bole, of course he wants to follow Li Yuntian.

After Li Yuntian came to Hukou County, who would have thought that he would destroy Wang San and Wu Daoscar, the two major water bandits on Poyang Lake? Who would have thought that he would be able to uproot Zhang Youde, who had been entrenched in the county government for many years? Who would have thought that Hukou County is now well governed, Baishui Town's commerce and trade are booming, and the people's lives are improving day by day?

To be honest, at the beginning, Yang Yungui felt that his talent was no worse than Li Yuntian, and he was worse than luck, otherwise he would be able to win the gold list.

Maybe he can also destroy Wang San and Wu Dao Scar, maybe he can also uproot Zhang Youde's forces, maybe he can also govern Hukou County well, but the current vigorous business affairs in Baishui Town are something he can't do.

As the saying goes, the ruler is long, the inch is short, Yang Yungui is a good hand in government affairs, but he is a rookie in business.

At this time, scholars have always "ignored things outside the window, and only read sage books", and have always been ashamed of the copper smell on businessmen, so Yang Yungui's business ability is his biggest shortcoming.

Li Yuntian is a few years younger than Yang Yungui, not only can he be named on the gold list, but he can also make the trading market in Baishui Town so prosperous, so that the surrounding businessmen have come to visit, and with this alone, Yang Yungui has already bowed down.

Yang Yungui could feel that Li Yuntian had lofty ambitions, how could he let go of such a good opportunity, and he would definitely work hard with Li Yuntian to create a new career.

"That's wronged you, you can't be named on the gold list in the future, and you will glorify your ancestors." Li Yuntian had already guessed Yang Yungui's choice and looked at him with a smile.

Yang Yungui has been a prodigy student in Hukou County for many years and is fully qualified to participate in this year's township examination in Jiangxi, but like the last time, he resolutely gave up this opportunity, obviously because he did not want to enter the officialdom as an official.

It's also a little ridiculous and helpless to say, if it weren't for the force of life, Yang Yungui would never become a student, every three years Jiangxi's Xuezheng University will conduct two exams for the students of the prefecture and county, and those with excellent test scores can become the county's students and enjoy the imperial court's Lu rice.

Therefore, Yang Yungui had the leisure to help those poor families in the county write lawsuits, otherwise he would have starved to death.

"My lord, Yang has no intention of being an official, he just wants to be an official to assist the adult." Yang Yungui also laughed, he had long looked down on the fame and fortune in the officialdom, and now he just wanted to follow Li Yuntian to realize his ambitions and do something earth-shattering.

The movement of officials requires the approval of the ministry, while the movement of officials is much simpler, because officials are not officials, but ordinary people, so they can be transferred with officials, which is equivalent to the nature of staff.

It's just that the officials of the local government are all native people, and few people are willing to leave their hometowns and go to other places, and they don't have a deep relationship with the officials, so they naturally want to stay in the local area.

"Far away, if you want to be the first official in the world, your name will go down in history, and it will not be in vain to come to this world!" Li Yuntian knew that this was Yang Yungui's heartfelt words, and he couldn't help but be very moved in his heart, slapped the table hard, and said loudly.

"Obey the teachings of the county lord!" When Yang Yungui heard this, he bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and replied proudly, his eyes couldn't help but reveal a trace of longing.

He knew that Li Yuntian was not joking, if he became the first official in the world of the Ming Dynasty, then Li Yuntian would definitely be an important minister of the court under one person and above ten thousand people.

Li Yuntian's words not only inspired him, but also encouraged himself, revealing his ambition to Yang Yungui and setting a goal for life. One