On the one hand, this arrangement rectified the rule of officials in Xiliang, on the other hand, it also avoided the great negative impact brought about by the personnel rectification, and at the same time maintained the stability of the overall situation of Liangzhou, which was a "masterpiece" after Zhang both referred to the ancient and modern gains and losses, and his own careful consideration, he did not know what the consequences of this rectification would be, but he firmly believed that the future of his rectification was bright

The second item of Zhang's rectification is the economic rectification, specifically speaking, it is to reduce the taxes on the heads of the people of Liangzhou, and the collection of taxes is determined according to the harvest of the year. In the case of frequent natural disasters and unstable agricultural harvests, tax exemptions and exemptions will be provided in the event of unstable agricultural harvests; In the face of special disasters and in the case of extreme natural disasters and wars, there is no harvest, so that taxes can be exempted; In addition, some measures have been made for agricultural production: for example, encouraging farming, that is, farmers who are able to cultivate can get corresponding incentives from the government, and the greater the cultivation results, the more rewards they will receive; Encourage weaving, that is, women can also get government rewards, and the more achievements of weaving, the more rewards they will get; Encourage the development of animal husbandry, the more livestock you raise, the more encouragement you will get from the government;

Economically, taxes are levied on the fields of industry and commerce, handicrafts, economy and trade, but to a limited extent and not heavy taxes, and small traders and hawkers are allowed to save and give them room for development, but they must pay taxes, allow free buying and selling and commercial exchanges, and encourage commodity trading and trade exchanges, but pay corresponding taxes. The third aspect of the economy is the imposition of restrictions on some monopolistic industries. It is strictly forbidden to buy and sell illegal salt and hoard grain; In terms of cultivated land, there is a differential taxation, and the corresponding tax for those with more land will be more, and the tax for those with less arable land will also be less.

These two major initiatives are subject to a number of regulations. As soon as the edict was announced, the entire Xiliang City was opened, and people began to talk about it, but most people doubted the feasibility of these measures, and took a wait-and-see attitude towards the rectification of this matter. Rectification is like a whirlwind blowing, and everyone's minds have not yet turned around

Zhang saw that the people's call for rectification was not high, and he also thought of corresponding countermeasures. He imitated Shang Ying's "Tumu Lixin" to erect a large stone of more than 400 catties outside the city gate, and posted a notice saying that those who could move this stone from outside the city gate for hundreds of steps would be rewarded with a thousand gold, and gave the corresponding position to be directly hired in the army to be named centurion!!

This notice has been posted, and the crowd of people who come and go are not aware of it. Everyone still talked about such a good thing, but no one took action. The notice was posted for an hour but no one came to pick up the list, Zhang saw it clearly at the city gate, but he still insisted on waiting, he didn't believe that no one in Liangzhou could move a stone?

Zhang both imitated Shang Ying's "Tumu Lixin" in Liangzhou outside the east gate of a heavy stone of more than 400 catties, to establish his own integrity to dig out the talents of Liangzhou, to see if there is anyone in this huge Liangzhou city can lift a stone.

But two hours have passed in a row and no one has come to unveil the list and move stones, Zhang can't help but wonder in his heart: What is going on? Is it because their rewards are not enough, or do people not believe in this notice, or is there no such talent in Liangzhou City at all?

After the notice was posted, everyone was still standing and watching, not because everyone didn't want to move, but because everyone thought that it really needed capacity. More than 400 catties is not a simple weight, and it is even more difficult to take a hundred steps, so ordinary people dare not continue to live. If you can't get it to be laughed at, after all, how can you mix it up in Liangzhou City in the future?

Zhang Ji and everyone continued to wait, but at this time saw a person wearing two loads of firewood, although the height of the eight is not very shoulder, but the body is also strong, this person is about thirty years old, thick eyebrows and big eyes, square Haikou, the bridge of the nose is high, but I saw him come to the front of the list, after reading it, I couldn't help but say that I took off the notice directly, and then threw down the firewood He walked to the stone, both hands tried to slowly pick up the stone, although the action was cautious, but I saw that his face did not change color and his heart did not beat, he picked up the stone and began to take the first step, followed by the second step, The third step took more than 50 steps still without losing strength, without the slightest fear of difficulty, after taking more than 80 steps, sweat began to appear on his forehead, but did not give up, and then walked forward, although the distance of more than 100 steps is close to holding such a heavy object is not something that ordinary people can imagine, but fortunately the strong man took more than 100 steps steadily and put the stone firmly on the ground, at this time he breathed a sigh, wiped the sweat off his forehead and came to the official army to ask for a reward.

Zhang Ji saw this qiē clearly, and it was really a talent, Zhang Ji walked up to the strong man and said, "Who are you, and what is your surname?" How old is this year? ”

The strong man looked at Zhang Ji and said: "I am a Wuwei person from Liangzhou, my surname is Feng Mingran, and I am 28 years old!" ”

After hearing this, Zhang Ji said: "The strong man is really strong, and he will reward the centurion to serve in the army according to the publicity!" ”

Feng Ranxu was surprised: "Is this true?" ”

"Yes! Go and receive the award now, and it's no problem to go tomorrow, right? Zhang Ji said.

Feng Ran exclaimed: "Thank you, my lord!" ”

Feng Ran won such an honor with a wave of strength, and everyone began to believe in Zhang Ji

There is a saying that "the world of those who win the hearts of the people", rectification is even more so, it is the behavior of the people's hearts to the people's hearts, and getting the hearts of the people is equal to half of the success, Zhang Jicheng's disciple Shi Lixin's approach made him get the hearts of the people of Liangzhou City all of a sudden.

Zhang both saw that the time was ripe and began to put the rectification on the agenda step by step, first of all, in terms of personnel, Zhang both found Jia Xu, Yang Qiu and Zhang Liao and others began to study the proposition of the examination, in addition to inviting Mr. to guide, please Liangzhou City Confucianism have offered advice, the proposition of the examination is both theoretical, that is, to do learning and practical, that is, to solve the problems encountered in reality through what Guò has learned. The test paper is divided into two parts and is scored comprehensively.

The position of the exam is quite attractive! It is the position of the county commander of Xiliang, and if he is admitted, he will ascend to the sky in one step. Eat the imperial food directly! This is called "learning and excellence" The first day of the exam caused a sensation, and the entire Liangzhou City was boiling, and so many official positions were vacated at once, which is incredible! Liangzhou City Earthquake.

40 positions were vacated at once, which was the first time in the history of Liangzhou, and the people of Liangzhou included: soldiers, shopkeepers, handicraftsmen, artists, scholars, talents, and farmers gathered together, this is like a pie from the sky, who does not open 12 positions for the entire Xiliang recruitment, that is, you can not be limited to Liangzhou. Regions outside Liangzhou can also participate, and suddenly this exam is like a whirlwind blowing all over Xiliang.

To say that the county order of the seven products is not a special official position, the seven products are the lowest official positions in the late Han Dynasty. But it's the Qipin County Order in this district, and how many scholars dream of it! How many people have turned from green silk to white hair for this fame

For people who don't have any background in cloth, the county magistrate is the most glorious position, after all, in ancient times, the idea of the official standard was deep-rooted, and people yearn for the life of entering the office. So this sudden 40 positions is simply 40 hopes that have befallen in Liangzhou.

This open position is sad for the incumbent county master. They began to fidget, thinking about how majestic they were sitting in the position of this official master, and they were about to make room for others at once, and they had too much reluctance, and more worries, where would they go? Is it really time to say goodbye to the old man and return to his hometown? Or do you want to be relegated to the common people? No matter how bad the plan is, it's not going to be to clean yourself up, right? This is sad for these officials who have been in office for many years.

The officials were worried, but unexpectedly received a document from Liangzhou, which said that they wanted to wait for good news in the house, and they did not arrange for new people to take office for a day, and they were the incumbent county order to exercise the duties of the county order, and then arrange their whereabouts after the county order examination was completed. Don't worry, you won't be deposed because of this. This text is like a reassuring pill, which makes the panicked hearts of these officials and old men begin to stabilize.

However, Zhang Ji, the promoter of rectification, is busy every day, not only to deal with all aspects of government affairs in Liangzhou, but also to prepare for rectification, these are not the most headaches for him is the "pressure" from all sides, the most rectified executor, Zhang Ji's first measure has just been announced, and the people who come to him to intercede have suddenly increased, such as Yang Qiu exonerated these county orders and asked him to open the net to give him the title in the future, don't let them have no way out all of a sudden, Ma Teng and Yang Qiu as the former officials of Xiliang, protégés, subordinates, There are many relatives in office, and as soon as these county orders find them, they are not easy to push, but they all run to Zhang Ji to intercede

Zhang even used all his strength to pave the way for the rectification of his own plan, and cleared a qiē obstacle for the front, although this offended some people, but as the highest ruler of Xiliang, as the leader of Xiliang, everyone only has the right to build yì and no command power to him, Zhang is in Xiliang, that is, he covers the sky with one hand and says nothing, Yang Qiu came forward to intercede, Zhang neither gave him face, nor did he have any way, after all, Zhang Ji of Xiliang is the master.

These 40 counties made the recruitment examination quickly put on the agenda, first of all, the written examination, the number of recruits was 120 people, but the number of people who signed up for the examination has exceeded more than 4,000 people, such a huge team of candidates really made Zhang Ji and the examiners startled, Zhang Ji was unexpected, this is sad The subordinates who are preparing for the exam, to arrange the examination room for such a person, it is really a headache, Yang Qiu is busy inside and out, almost can't even sleep peacefully, Zhang Luo non-stop, this is a test for him, He wants to complete every task given to him by Zhang Ji without compromise, and with 100% enthusiasm, he wants to show Xiàn well, because his future is already very clear, although Zhang Ji is now a noble Xiliang Mu, but with his age, qualifications and ability, it is only an expedient measure in Xiliang, and this person will definitely settle in Luoyang in the future, that is, he will enter the imperial court in the future, and when the affairs of Xiliang must be taken care of, and he Yang Qiu is Zhang Ji's deputy, In the future, there is no doubt that it is not impossible to act as the agent of this Xiliang Taishou, since there is a rush, there is a natural motivation to do things, no matter how hard and tired Yang Qiu is, he regards this as his own experience, and he has no complaints

After some intense Zhang Luo, Yang Qiu finally arranged the examination room properly, with a total of 20 examination rooms, each with more than 200 people. Three days later, the examination army of more than 4,000 people will gather in Liangzhou to take the exam, but only 40 positions have attracted such a large examination team, everyone is not a little surprised, there are many people on the job. Among them, there are many people in the army, many military captains, including generals, tooth generals and even partial generals, have signed up, not counting some thousand-commanders, centurions, even captains, and even individual soldiers have registered; In the political circles, some county officials, county lieutenants, and even officials under the county orders have participated, and some township-level officials have also registered; In the civil society, it is more involved, involving all levels and classes.

In terms of the age of the examination, the oldest is in 70 years, and the youngest is less than 20 years old, and the age difference is huge, but most of them are concentrated in the 20-50 age group.

On the day of the exam, I saw that the examination room was crowded with black people. Everyone rushed to enter the room, sat down and began to answer the questions, and this exam is set like this. The results of the written test account for 70% of the total score, and the number of people admitted to the written test is 120 people, and these 120 people are ranked according to the score to enter the interview, so only 120 of the more than 4,000 people can stand out and enter the interview, and the fierce competition can be imagined

Everyone responded to Zhang's call for personnel rectification and participated in this examination. But less than 30 per cent of people are really talented and learned. More people are admiring it, with an attitude of excitement and participation, and the chance of success is naturally very slim.

After seeing this test paper, many people don't feel scratching their ears and cheeks, sweating profusely, this exam is a crucial personal honor and disgrace of the exam, as long as there is a little real talent and real learning people are still very serious, so the atmosphere in the examination room is also two extremes, one is to bury your head in the face and answer the questions desperately, and the other is to be carefree and leisurely grading.

The examination was held for two hours under these circumstances. Then began to hand in the papers, and after handing in the papers, there were also two situations, one was to talk and laugh as if nothing had happened, and the other was to sigh and feel sorry for himself. The exam made everyone more aware that the threshold of career is not so easy to walk

After the written examination, the follow-up work is to mark the papers, more than 4,000 files to be read in a short period of time and put on the agenda, which is not a simple thing, fortunately, there are many people, Zhang has arranged a large number of people to mark the papers, because many questions have answers, so the marking is still very fast.

There is some arbitrariness in the practical questions in the back, but there are also chapters patrolling, so the marking work is progressing very smoothly, this test paper is Zhang Ji, Jia Xu, Yang Qiu, Zhang Liao and other people participated in the life of the local pedants, so the question of this exam can be said to be the most basic element of a politician, these test papers can reflect a person's basic skills and practical ability is very feasible.

The written examination is over in just one week, and the results are also arranged according to the high and low, more than 4,000 candidates, a total of 120 people are promoted, that is to say, the 120 people in front of the score can enter the interview, and most of the 72 people who enter the interview are politicians, soldiers, talents, etc., and the written test is completed and soon entered the interview stage, the chief examiner is Zhang Ji, Jia Xu, Zhang Liao, Yang Qiu, and the rest of the county guards serve as sub-examiners, and a total of 120 people give results in person in the form of questions and answers. The four of them talked one by one, and it took four days to complete the assessment of these people.

The interview is over, and the admission ranking is 40 people, that is, 80 people will be eliminated, and the scores are arranged from high to low, and the top 40 are taken.

Judging from the 40 people admitted, 30 of them are under the age of 40, and 25 of them are under the age of 30, which can be said to be the age structure tends to be younger. Some are men of the army; Some are artisans; Some used to be official people doing government work; There are also farmers who have read books

This examination allocated outstanding talents for Xiliang's selection, and the first step in the rectification of the personnel system of "someone can govern the great way" was completed smoothly, and Zhang Ji did a clean and neat job. The first step of personnel rectification ended quickly, although the time was in a hurry, but the selection of talents is very effective, it can be said that it is the elite of Xiliang, more than 4,000 people signed up and finally admitted 40 people, these 40 people are the future county order of Liangzhou. On the issue of distribution, the same principle of merit-based distribution is followed, that is, the high scores go to the big county, and so on, and soon the problem of the whereabouts of these 120 people has been solved, and they can only wait for the previous county commander to leave

Zhang Ji was about to prepare for the second step of the personnel rectification, that is, to re-evaluate the county orders of the original 40 counties, and then decide whether to stay or go, so as to make room for the new county commanders, when Zhang Ji suddenly remembered a person, this person was none other than Feng Ran, the person who moved the stone outside the city gate before, and he instructed the guards: "Find me Feng Ran, the commander of the army!" (To be continued......)