The next day, Li Zicheng's hearty voice echoed in the Qianqing Palace, enduring, and the excitement was overflowing.

"Li Changmao, you have finally arrived, many affairs are about to pile up into a small mountain, not only our various policies need to be carried out urgently, but also need a large number of officials who are familiar with the policy to lead, and they have won Henan, Shanxi and Beizhili in a row, and there are so many vacancies all of a sudden, and there are urgent personnel to supplement and take care of local ......affairs."

When Li Zicheng was gushing endlessly, there were not only Li Changmao in the hall, but also other ministers and generals, as well as people who were attached to the Ming court.

As soon as Li Zicheng's voice fell, Li Changmao calmly stepped forward and said in an orderly manner: "King Chuang, now, we have controlled Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi and Beizhili respectively, among which Shaanxi is the most stable, and seven or eight out of ten officials in various state capitals and counties have been in place, and they have begun to preside over the people's livelihood and resume development. ”

"Relatively speaking, because of the existence of base areas, the affairs of Henan and Shanxi are not urgent, and they only need to send officials from nearby base areas to neighboring county seats, which can barely maintain the situation and cope with it for a while. Therefore, at this time, the most urgent thing is the appointment and dismissal of officials in the north of Zhili. Otherwise, we will not be able to implement our various policies that benefit the people. ”

"So what are you going to do? Regarding the question of the selection of officials in various parts of Beizhili, do you have eyebrows? Li Zicheng asked two questions appropriately.

"King Chuang, his subordinates think so, the officials of the various state capitals in the north will first find out the original officials of the previous dynasty, and as long as there is no big problem and the people have no resistance, they will continue to be retained. After all, the reserves of talent in each base area are limited, and it is impossible to fill all of them in the official vacancies vacated by Beizhili. ”

At this time, Tian Jianxiu stood up and retorted: "King Chuang, the last general will not agree to do this!" ”

"Tell me your reasons?" Li Zicheng frowned, he didn't stop too much, and he also wanted to hear the reasons of both sides.

"King Chuang, that's the case, the last general has our intelligence system in hand, and knows very well that if we continue to appoint those old officials of the previous dynasty, especially those hired on the spot, it is easy to have big problems, and once there is a disturbance, it is easy for them to open the city and surrender to others."

Li Changmao was not angry because of Tian Jianxiu's interruption, and after hearing what the other party said, he continued to answer calmly: "King Chuang, General Tian, on this issue, I have thought about it on the way here, and staying in office as those former court officials is not to let them continue to manage all the affairs of a county, but only to the people's livelihood, such as implementing our various policies, solving daily life problems for the people, dealing with post-war affairs, and various reforms. ”

The irrefutable proposal was made clear to everyone that Li Changmao was separating the military and government of the counties and completely putting an end to the rebellion of the counties under his control.

After all, the number of officials may not be enough, but there are as many generals as there are, and over the years, the various base areas have mainly focused on military development, so how can there be fewer military generals?

With the restraint and surveillance of military generals, even if those former officials wanted to do something, they couldn't make any waves.

At the same time, Li Changmao saw that no one raised doubts again, but he went on to add: "Moreover, those officials are not appointed indefinitely, not only have to accept the supervision of the people, but also have to go through the imperial court assessment every year, and once they do not meet the standards for continued recruitment, they will be dismissed." If there is a problem of corruption and malfeasance, there will be accountability. ”

Shuangcheng Insurance, everyone is even more unable to refute, especially the people who followed Li Zicheng and walked out of the base area in the morning, although they are not familiar with the assessment and know it very well, but they can be regarded as very well understood.

With the supervision of the people, as well as the mid-year and year-end assessments, even if there are corrupt officials, it will not be long for the disaster, plus the existence of other regulatory departments, as long as the evidence is true, an official can be dismissed and investigated within a few days!

At this time, Gu Yanwu stood up, and then said: "Also, King Chuang, Mr. Li has discussed with our people, and a year later, a big exam will be held, abolishing the previous Baguwen, and the content of the examination will be pragmatic, and the selection of talents for the world will be filled with vacancies, as well as replace those officials who fail to pass the assessment." ”

Jin Shengxi followed closely and added: "The content of the exam covers the content of our established policies, some basic legal provisions, and basic provisions about people's livelihood. Anyone who wants to take the official position of the yamen, especially the police, must be familiar with and master the various legal provisions, and even more proficient in those criminal investigation techniques. ”

When the others were about to add an explanation, they were interrupted by Li Zicheng waving his hand.

"Okay, okay, there's no need to go on, when it comes to specific administrative tasks, how to select officials, you just follow the plan prepared in advance, and you don't have to report to me in every detail."

As soon as the words fell, just when Li Changmao and the others retreated to the sides, they seemed to think of something, Li Zicheng set his eyes on Li Guo, his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "General Li Guo, Shanxi and Beizhili have been firmly controlled by us, and we have also killed 100,000 Tartars, and it is time to clear the eight major profiteers in Shanxi who colluded with yellow pig skins." ”

"Yes, King Chuang!"

"The eight major profiteers must not only confiscate all their family property, but also destroy their entire family, and kill all those involved in them!" The cold light in Li Zicheng's eyes flickered, and he almost spit out word by word.

In an instant, except for a few insiders, everyone in the hall was shocked, which of the eight profiteers in Shanxi were in their hearts? What is the collusion with the yellow pigskin again? actually caused King Chuang to be so angry and make a posture of destroying the three clans?

Li Guo agreed, and seeing that many people were full of shock and confusion, he turned to face everyone and explained: "Everyone, maybe you don't know that the eight major businessmen in Shanxi, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, made their fortunes by colluding with Tartars. ”

"According to reliable information and solid evidence, over the years, these eight profiteers have not only secretly transported grain outside the customs and sold it to the Tartars, but also sold intelligence and told the yellow pig skin about the affairs in the customs."

Suddenly, everyone in the hall was shocked, and even the generals suddenly said: "No wonder... No wonder over the years, the Huang Taiji timing is so accurate, every time the rebel army is in a bad situation, when it is suppressed to the bottom, it is when the Tartars invade the border and the pass, it turns out that all this is a villain, and those profiteers are ventilating the news, so that the yellow pigskin knows everything about the affairs in the pass. ”

Those attached Ming Dynasty officials couldn't keep calm anymore, and someone immediately stood up and said: "It seems that when someone framed Yuan Chonghuan for stealing grain to Huang Taiji, it was not a groundless and fictitious thing, but it was really a thing, but it was not Yuan Chonghuan's doing, but all the sewage was splashed on Yuan Chonghuan's body to blame him." ”

It was as if layers of fog had been removed, and the moment they saw the dawn and learned the truth, the old officials of the Ming Dynasty were angry, but they were helpless, only a sigh.

Having said that, if it weren't for Zhu Youzhen's suspicion that he was too serious and didn't trust his officials, how could he be used by the Tartars?