With the pacification of the Wenxiang Sect, the three provinces of Jiaodong have also stabilized again.

Zhu Youzhen issued an order to transfer some officers and soldiers from the army to stay and serve as armor protection officials, or to serve as team leaders in the prefecture and county yamen, so that the establishment of the three prefectures was more perfect.

From the seven-room scribes in the yamen (a commercial room was added on the basis of the six rooms of the officials' household rites and soldiers) to the officials of the armor, they were all appointed by Zhu Youzhen, plus the Qingtian Division and the Inspection Division, and the three prefectures of Jiaodong were completely controlled from then on.

The other three prefectures, Jinan Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion also cleaned up the rule of officials, and the officials of the prefecture and county were replaced, but Zhu Youzhen did not set up a security armor again, first, there was a real shortage of people at hand, and then if he did too much, he was worried about being rebounded by the gentry.

According to the information sent by Jin Yiwei, his behavior in Shandong has made the gentry in Jiangnan and other places panic, for fear that he will also come to this experience after his southern tour to Jiangnan.

Therefore, for the remaining Dongchang Mansion in Shandong, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but didn't do it again.

Dongchang Mansion is located in the northwest of Shandong, located in the plain, and Henan and Hebei junctions, the canal passes through Dongchang Mansion, in the whole Shandong is the most fattened place. If the Dongchang Mansion is moved again, I am afraid that it will really cause panic among the gentry in the world.

When the turmoil subsided, there was naturally no need to keep tens of thousands of troops. Zhu Youzhen issued an order, Zhao led the Beijing Guards to return, and the Liaodong Guards also crossed the sea to return to Liaodong. However, Zhou Yuji was left behind and served as the chief soldier of Shandong.

"I will give you another identity as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, your task in Shandong is to lead the Patrol Division and the Qingtian Division, and you are actually responsible for supervising and managing the officials in Shandong, so that Shandong will eventually be the same as Liaodong and Yansui." Zhu Youzhen commanded.

Of course, the official position of the Shandong General Army is real, and the commander of the Jinyi Guard is only a fictitious position, and he actually does not care about any Jinyi Guard's affairs.

Zhou Yuji said with a bitter face: "The last general is worried that he won't be able to do it, Your Majesty, you let me fight and let me manage government affairs, I haven't done it at all." ”

Zhu Youzhen encouraged: "You are also a martial artist, and if you can command the army, you can govern the people. I believe in you, you can do it well. ”

If it weren't for the fact that no one under his subordinates could take charge alone, Zhu Youzhen wouldn't want to use Zhou Yuji, there was really no way.

"Yes, the last general will do his best to live up to His Majesty's trust." Zhou Yuji puffed up his chest and agreed. In and out of the phase, if others say that Zhou Yuji is just a joke, but it is different from Zhu Youzhen's mouth. Although the official generals of the Ming Dynasty have no possibility of entering the prime minister at all, they can't stand the emperor's unconventional path, northern Shaanxi, Liaodong, and the three sides, which one has not subverted the original system?

"Your Majesty, is General Zhou okay?" After Zhou Yuji left, Wen Tiren said worriedly, he was very optimistic that a young military general like Zhou Yuji could manage the affairs of a province. Moreover, the management of officials in the name of the Shandong General Army is quite unjustifiable.

"I can't directly appoint him as the governor of Shandong or the governor of Shandong, that will cause an uproar, and it can only be done temporarily." Zhu You sighed.

"Or, if Wen Aiqing is willing, you can be the governor of Shandong and manage Shandong's government affairs instead of Zhou Yuji." Zhu Youzhen said suddenly.

"Huh?" Wen Tiren was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly pushed back, "It's okay for the minister to see General Zhou, after all, each province has a Qingtian Division and an Inspection Division, he is only responsible for the overall situation, and there are not too many specific affairs, as for the minister, it is better to accompany His Majesty." ”

Wen Tiren is determined to be a real prime minister in the future, even if he is also a cabinet member now, how can he be willing to stay away from the emperor's side and become a local governor? That would be degrading to him.

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "Okay, for the time being, Zhou Yuji will be in charge of the mess in Shandong." ”

"Your Majesty, the cabinet has sent a note again, drawing up a new candidate for Shandong officials, and asking Your Majesty to seal and agree." Wang Chengen walked over and put a copy of the note in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"Hehe, it's really perseverance." Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Tell me, should I agree this time." ”

In the past few months, because many officials in Shandong have been dismissed from their posts and questioned for their crimes, the Ministry of Officials has drawn up a new list of officials several times, and after the cabinet approves it, the edict is to be sent to Jinan, but Zhu Youzhen has not approved it, so that there have been no prefecture and county officials in various prefectures and counties in Shandong for several months, and all government affairs are presided over by the county chief bookkeeper and even officials appointed by Zhu Youzhen.

"Your Majesty, since the situation in the various prefectures in Shandong has stabilized, the new officials have also adapted to their current positions, and all government affairs are on the right track, it doesn't matter whether there are new state and county governors. However, in order to relieve the gentry officials of the court and even the world, some new officials should still be approved. Wen Tiren suggested.

Hong Chengchou nodded: "I have the same opinion as Elder Wen Ge. Now that the local officials are all selected by us, even if one or two chief officials are parachuted, it will not affect the situation. It would be good if the officials of the new county could follow the current policy, but if they did the opposite, they would collect evidence of their corruption and perversion of the law, and they would be removed from their posts and investigated. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "Okay, it's up to the two Aiqing." ”

I took it and read it, and drew circles with a red pen on the list of officials drawn up by the ministry, which was regarded as agreeing to the cabinet's request, but Zhu Youzhen did not agree to all the lists, but drew crosses on some people's names, and handed them to Wen Tiren after drawing.

"Elder Wen Ge copied the edict again, asked Wang Chengen to seal it, and then returned it to the cabinet."

"Your Majesty, these officials?" Wen Tiren looked at the list and asked with some surprise as he pointed to the crossed-out list.

The appointment of Zhu Youzhen by officials in various provinces, prefectures and counties was all agreed, but the candidates for political secretary and judicial department to participate in politics and deliberation were crossed out, which made Wen Tiren a little puzzled.

"What is the use of a province asking for so many three-quality and four-quality senators and participating in politics? What can they do other than restrain prefectural officials? In the future, all provinces will have their posts abolished, except for political envoys and deputy envoys, and there will be no more patrols and guards.

In the future, it is necessary to increase the authority of prefectural and county officials, and even increase the rank of prefectural and county officials, so that the authority of pro-people officials will become heavier, so that they will no longer have to devote their main energies to greeting the officials, but will focus their energies on managing the people. Zhu Youzhen said.

"But in that case, are the local officials too powerful?" Wen Tiren said cautiously.

"Isn't there a patrol department, the imperial court also has an inspection court, and there are Jinyi guards, the responsibility of these supervision departments is not only to supervise the imperial court, but also to supervise local officials, what are you afraid of?" Zhu Youzhen said disapprovingly.

There are too many irrationalities in the Ming official system, and they must be slowly changed in the future.

But now, it's time to leave Shandong and continue the southern tour.

Unconsciously, I have been in Jinan for half a year, which is too long.