Chapter 333: Thirsty for Talent
After Ouyang Xuan waited for Yang Hui to return to Chongqing Mansion, he had a long conversation with him all night, and on the second day, he took him to visit the research institute, the Wugenshan test site, the Dayi Arsenal and the workshop for the production of machine tools. All of the above places are heavily guarded and involve the core secrets of the Thunderbolt Army, not to mention outsiders, even Thunderbolt officials need special permission to enter. The reason why Ouyang Xuan let Yang Hui enter these places was to make him firmly believe that only in the Thunderbolt Army could he use his talents and give full play to his talents. Facts have proved that Ouyang Xuan's approach is very clever, Yang Hui is an incorruptible scientist, they are indifferent to fame and fortune but obsessed with academic research, a good academic atmosphere and research equipment are more attractive than high-ranking officials.
After much deliberation, Yang Hui decided to stay in Perak because the political philosophy here was more in line with his identity and he was better able to use his talents to achieve his ambitions. Ouyang Xuan was overjoyed by his decision, and immediately appointed him as the interim head of the institute - the formal appointment needed to be approved by the joint meeting. Of course, this appointment cannot be publicized to the public, and the reason why Yang Hui stayed in the Perak Army was also illness. Because Yang Hui is still a court official, and his family is also in Lin'an, although Ouyang Xuan is about to send someone to take him to Chongqing Mansion. The Thunderbolts also offered to the remaining officials, who were not scientists like Yang Hui but had extensive management experience. More importantly, they are all honest and honest people, and they are really a clear stream in the generally corrupt officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty. In Ouyang Xuan's personal stay, three of them intended to stay in the Thunderbolt Army, but they had to return to Lin'an to deal with the relevant affairs first.
At present, although the Perak Army has established a complete personnel training system and quickly become a group of technical personnel, due to the problem of population base, there is still a serious shortage of high-end scientific and technological talents. Ouyang Xuan understands that even if a lot of resources are invested, the vast majority of people in the Perak Army cannot become scientists, because scientific research requires high talent, so the introduction of talents is a shortcut to quickly promote scientific and technological progress. For this reason, he has written to Li Kaipeng, asking him to pay attention to the recruitment of talents in all aspects. After all, the prefectures and counties around Lin'an have a large population, prosperous economy and culture, and a large number of high-end talents who are not met. Although the location of western Sichuan is remote, as long as the food and clothing and research conditions are guaranteed, some of these people will still come. If you really don't want to come, you can also mobilize to Liuqiu. Although Liuqiu Island is isolated overseas, it is no longer difficult to travel to and from Lin'an.
It took only a month for Lin'an officials to implement the law in the Perak Army, which was completely unexpected by Yu Xing. Out of the psychology of saving people, Yu Xing thought that Ouyang Xuan and other high-level leaders of the Thunderbolt Army were running the rich western Sichuan, and they must all have a lot of money. As for what "equality between the military and the people, the same food and clothing" is nothing more than the political propaganda of the Thunderbolt Army, where can it be taken seriously? If that's the case, who else wants to break their head to become an official? Based on this mentality, he believes that Yang Hui and other officials must have accepted huge bribes from him, and perhaps it was also the high-ranking officials such as Jia Nidao in the DPRK who got the money, and it is unknown to secretly instruct Yang Hui and others. What disappointed him even more was that the officials accompanying him from the Sichuan Preparation Division told him that the Lin'an officials had a very high opinion of the Thunderbolt Army, and were even ready to set Ouyang Xuan up as a positive example and be rewarded by the imperial court. In order to borrow the hand of the imperial court to deal with the Thunderbolt army, he unexpectedly made a wedding dress for Ouyang Xuan. This made Yu Xing grit his teeth with hatred but was helpless, after all, although the officials sent by Lin'an were of low grade, they refused to obey him, and more importantly, the oil and salt did not enter.
Unlike the Thunderbolt Army's calm response and easy passing, Liu Cheng was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Although Liu Cheng tried his best to obstruct and did not cooperate in every way, because his behavior of eating empty pay and drinking the blood of soldiers was really blatant, he planned to implement the law in Luzhou for only one month, and cleared up a large amount of evidence of his embezzlement of public money, of course, this is also related to a large number of Sichuan officials were sent to assist Lin'an officials. It is said that although Liu Quan is brave and good at fighting and has made many achievements, he is also greedy for money, lustful and likes to have fun, and the cost is naturally small. However, compared to the cost of buying an official, the cost of eating, drinking, and having fun is really nothing. On the merits of the matter, Liu Quan's military exploits are enough to ensure his promotion, but the promotion of official positions in the Southern Song Dynasty regime actually has little to do with military exploits. Take Liu Quan as an example, he was able to be promoted to the pacification envoy of Tongchuan Road and the governor of Luzhou under the suppression of Lu Wende and Yu Xing, and he spent a huge amount of money, and these expenses naturally came from greed for ink.
As the evidence became more and more, and the money hole became bigger and bigger, Liu Zhen's heart was in turmoil, and he even had the idea of sending someone to assassinate the official who carried out the plan, but he was dissuaded by his henchmen. Yu Xing knew that rabbits would bite people when they were in a hurry, not to mention that Liu Cheng was not a vegetarian rabbit, but a tiger wolf who ate meat, so he naturally made full preparations. What makes Liu Cheng angry is that Yu Xing's greed and corruption are known to everyone, and he was even more scraped when he was in Jiading Mansion, but this time the plan law was not implemented in Jiading, and it was claimed that Zan Wanshou had just taken office, but in fact, Jiading's deficit was extremely serious, and it could not withstand investigation at all, and Yu Xing obviously would not check himself himself. Yu Xing is obviously a big corrupt official, but he investigates other people's corruption with a righteous face, and in swear words, "I am covered with blood on my buttocks, and I also treat hemorrhoids for others", which makes Liu Cheng itch with hatred.
It's just that "people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat", Liu Quan was helpless against Yu Xing. Therefore, when his henchmen suggested that Yu Xing pay a heavy bribe, Liu Cheng agreed without thinking and immediately sent someone to Chongqing to handle the matter. Officials all over Sichuan know that Yu Xingyan has the virtue of plucking his feathers, and in the local dialect of western Sichuan, "the person who picks up the dung passes in front of Yu Xing, and he also wants to taste it", and he never refuses money and money. Unexpectedly, Yu Xing, who has always loved money as his life, actually refused this time, and the property sent was not returned, but directly confiscated, which became evidence that Liu Cheng bribed his boss. Not only did he post this, but Yu Xing also issued an official document to reprimand Liu Quan, and used the way of belittling Liu Cheng to show his noble conduct. Liu Cheng was also full of desire to survive, and Yu Xing made it clear that he wanted to clean him up, but he didn't give up. After he learned from others that Yu Xing was a filial son, he prepared to go to Jiangling Mansion where Yu Xing's mother was located in person, and asked his mother to write a letter to Yu Xing and let him go.
Diaoyu City Zhang Jue's life is not easy. Although his nature is not bad, in the big dye vat of the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is inevitable that he will be stained with many stereotypes and bad habits. For example, eating and drinking well for the pro-soldiers, buying private property and taking concubines. Unlike officials such as Liu Cheng, his hands and feet are much cleaner; In the same way, although he has also made great achievements, he still spent a lot of money to sit in the position of governor of Hezhou. Most of the money to buy officials was given to Jia Rudao, and part was given to Lu Wende, Yu Xing, who was the prefect of Jiading at the time, did not get any benefits, and Zhang Jue and Yu Xing did not treat each other, so this time they also became the key generals of the law verification.
As the number of military shortfalls found to be getting bigger and bigger, Zhang Jue also panicked, and hurriedly sent people to lobby Yu Xing. Yu Xing was originally a narrow-minded person, and he had long wanted to clean up Zhang Jue, who had outstanding military achievements and was arrogant, and he was willing to let him go. Besides, the position of the governor of Hezhou has already been privately promised to his henchmen, and he has also received a lot of money. If you don't take Zhang Jue, will it be difficult to return the money you pay to the selling official?
Just when Zhang Jue was restless, someone from Chongqing Mansion came.