The Standing Committee system is very good at avoiding excessive concentration of power and the emergence of dictatorship at all levels of yamen. At the same time, it is also necessary to prevent the yamen at all levels from making mistakes in the general policy and direction......

As soon as Wang Peng's explanation came out, Zhou Shuyuan wisely closed his mouth.

As a result, the first factional struggle since the formation of the Haw Par Army ended with the complete victory of Zhou Chang's army under the intervention of Wei Zheng.

After a few days of preparation, Li Xinzhong, the eldest young master of the Li family, not only did not plan to embezzle one or two taels of silver in the prefect's office, but also took 50,000 taels of silver with him, and was ready to make some achievements in the prefect of Baoding Prefecture and get promoted as soon as possible......

However, these are all the dreams of Li Xinzhong, who has no experience as an official and is an official for the first time.

Because, the complexity of officialdom is far more than he imagined.

On his first day in office, he had to face land reform and help the victims...... A series of major events related to everyone in Baoding Mansion......

Zhenji disaster victims are good to say, although Li Xinwen has never been an official. However, the powerful Li Mansion has two major events every year to help the victims. As the eldest young master of the Li family, Li Xinzhong participated without accident. Therefore, although Li Xinzhong has never been an official, he still knows how to learn and apply it.

However, there is not the slightest experience to be gained from agrarian reform......

Not only Li Xinzhong, a novice in officialdom, but even those old fritters who have been officials in the imperial court for more than ten years have not experienced it......

Just when Li Xinzhong frowned and thought about where to start with this land reform, Tang Yongzhong, a county magistrate in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, who was now appointed as the deputy prefect of Wupin Baoding Prefecture, hurriedly came over.

After seeing Li Xinzhong in the official house, Tang Yongzhong, as a subordinate, did not give himself a big gift in accordance with the rules of the imperial court. Instead, he made a very simple greeting and stood directly in front of him.

This kind of behavior, if it is placed in the imperial court, a crime of contempt for the upper officials will definitely not be able to escape.

Sitting on the chair, Li Xinzhong, who was not completely aware of the various rules of the Northern Palace. Faced with this situation, I subconsciously want to get angry.

In his eyes, he is the prefect of Baoding, the biggest official of Baoding Mansion. As a subordinate, Tang Yongzhong dared not give himself a big gift, there was only one reason, that is, Tang Yongzhong bullied himself for just taking office, and he was a novice who had never been an official.

However, even so, there is no way to do anything about him? After all, he doesn't have the slightest foundation in Baoding Mansion......

Just when a trace of anger quickly flashed on Li Xinzhong's face, he was about to speak. Tang Yongzhong, who had already made himself very dissatisfied, actually took the first step to speak: "My lord, the royal government has strictly ordered one month to complete the land reform in their respective jurisdictions. I came over and asked if the prefect had any instructions. If there are no instructions, I will immediately ask the counties to start land reform......"

"You demand?" After hearing Tang Yongzhong's arrogant question, Li Xinzhong's Shen Mansion was no more than thirty years old, no matter how deep he was.

Therefore, as soon as Tang Yongzhong's words were finished, Li Xinzhong couldn't help but ask: "Lord Tang, don't forget, this official is the prefect of Baoding Mansion appointed by the palace." Even if an order is given to each county, it must be given by the official. Besides, did the official say that you should be put in charge of land reform...... The official remembers that from the time he took office to the present, this is the second time the official has seen you! ”

As soon as Li Xinzhong's words were finished, Tang Yongzhong understood that the prefect in front of him was not familiar with the rules of the Beiwang Palace. Not only that, but the prefect in front of him is still doing things with the rules of the imperial court.

Therefore, for the anger expressed in Li Xinzhong's words, the expression on Tang Yongzhong's face did not change in the slightest.

However, as a senior in officialdom, although Li Xinzhong's grade and official position are higher than his own, Tang Yongzhong still decided to seriously remind Li Xinwen in front of him to avoid Li Xinwen from making mistakes.

Because, Tong Guò Beiwang Wangfu entrusted Li Xinwen with an important responsibility, Tang Yongzhong can be sure that Beiwangfu attaches great importance to these people and absolutely does not want to see these people defeated by officialdom because of these trivial matters.

After taking a deep breath, Tang Yongzhong, who met Li Xinwen's gaze, spoke directly: "Lord Prefect, you really didn't say that I would be in charge of land reform. However, according to the rules set by the royal government for the yamen at all levels, such a thing as land reform is my responsibility......"

Seeing the puzzled expression on Li Xinwen's face, Tang Yongzhong continued to speak: "My lord, the yamen at all levels under the palace are different from the yamen at all levels under the imperial court. In the imperial court, the prefect has the final say in all matters of the prefect's yamen, and all the officials have to do is to carry out the order...... However, within the jurisdiction of the Northern Prince's Palace, the prefect did not manage specific matters, and all matters were divided according to the division of labor of the royal palace and were assigned to specific deputies......"

"According to the division of labor between the royal government and the prefect's yamen, all civil affairs are managed by the lower officials. And what you need to do is to coordinate and make my Baoding Mansion a great direction of development, and also have the responsibility of putting things right for your subordinates......"

"Of course, if you encounter something very serious, the prefect must organize a meeting of the Standing Committee to discuss and make a decision together......"

"I, Baoding Mansion, including the prefect, have a total of five Standing Committee members...... Your Excellency, the prefect, the subordinate official in charge of civil affairs, and the deputy system in charge of taxation, and the imperial envoy who supervises all the officials of Baoding Prefecture, and the last one is the general soldier who is responsible for Baoding Mansion to collect the garrison......"

"Among us, except for the prefect, you are the fifth grade, and everyone else is from the fifth grade......

Hearing this, Li Xinwen's mouth was already wide open from shock, and he could almost swallow an egg.

It took a long time before Li Xinwen, who was immersed in shock, reacted. At the same time, I also secretly regretted why I didn't read through the various decrees issued by the palace after taking office. Otherwise, he would not have made such a big joke in front of his subordinates......

However, as a former businessman, Li Xinwen still reacted at the first time.

After taking a deep breath, he thanked Tang Yongzhong and said, "Thank you, Lord Tang, for the reminder, if it weren't for you, Lord Tang, this mistake of this official would definitely continue to be made......"

After finishing speaking, Li Xinwen's face was slowly covered by Yan Sù, and he quickly entered the role of the prefect.

Under Tang Yongzhong's gaze, he said with a stern face: "Since this is the case, then we will act according to the rules of the palace...... There is no indication here for land reform, after all, this is the first time that this is the first time that this kind of major event has been experienced. However, if you have any difficulties, Lord Tang, you can just raise them, and if this official can solve them, I will definitely help you solve them......"

After casting a hint of admiration at Li Xinwen, Tang Yongzhong did not hesitate and spoke directly......

"My lord, there are indeed a lot of problems here that need your help, and of course, you also need the help of several other Standing Committee members......"

"Because Baoding Mansion was looted by the Houjin Tartars twice in a row, plus the imperial court didn't care. There are as many bandits as large and small as cattle in the entire Baoding Prefecture, and there are as many as seven or eight bandits in the first row of names with more than 100 people......"

In addition, in order to prevent the attacks of Tartars and bandits, many landlords and gentry in the territory built walls in their villages, which were very strong like castles...... Of course, in addition to building castles, these landowners and gentry also trained a large number of domestic and private armies...... It's like a small kingdom of its own......"

"And much of the fertile land that we need for land reform is in the hands of these landlords and gentry...... The lower officials are worried that when we carry out land reform, we will be opposed by force from these two people......"

"The last difficulty is that although the palace has changed most of the civil and military officials above the seventh rank in Baoding Mansion. However, those who are really intertwined with the local landlords and gentry are all those low-level officials below who have no rank. The lower officials can be sure that the land reform that touches their interests will definitely be opposed by these low-level officials, and even secretly sabotage......"

At this time, Li Xinzhong fell directly into contemplation. After a tea time, he replied to Tang Yongzhong: "To exterminate the bandits and clean up the local armed forces, the general army needs to mobilize the garrison...... To deal with low-level officials, according to the rules set by the palace, it is necessary to supervise the envoys...... Not surprisingly, land reform will inevitably involve taxes, so the deputy prefect in charge of taxes will not be able to escape. Since this is the case, then we will convene a standing committee and decide at the meeting that we will cooperate as we want......"

In less than half an hour, five people were sitting around a specially built table in the prefect's yamen.

As the prefect, Li Xinwen sat in the first place without surprise......

Under the simultaneous gaze of four pairs of eyes, Li Xinzhong, who participated in the Standing Committee for the first time, was very nervous. However, he did not lose his sense of proportion, after all, he has several years of business experience.

After explaining the purpose of his sudden convening of the Standing Committee, Hu Guozheng, the chief soldier, was the first to stand up and speak......

"My lord, the garrison has not said that it will absolutely and unconditionally cooperate with the prefect's yamen to carry out land reform...... Two days ago, Ben received a military order from the garrison headquarters, requiring Ben to quickly eliminate bandits and local forces in the territory and fully cooperate with the prefect's yamen in carrying out land reform. Therefore, the idea of this general is that the garrison battalions of each county should be based on the company, and the Baoding Prefecture should carry out the regiment with the battalion as the unit, and attack in turn to cooperate with the adults to carry out land reform......"

The refreshment of the chief soldier Hu Guozheng made Li Xinzhong very satisfied.

Then, he turned his attention to the Guardian Envoy......

The supervising envoy, who had been prepared for a long time, spoke without thinking about it: "Lord Prefect, the lower official has just taken office, and it is not surprising that many officials in Baoding Mansion still don't know what the lower official does. The lower officials are still thinking about how to establish their prestige in Baoding Mansion, so that the big and small officials in Baoding Mansion are afraid of their subordinates. Now, this opportunity has come, and Xia Guan will definitely take advantage of this opportunity to give all civil and military officials in Baoding Prefecture a chicken-killing police monkey ......" R1152